A Herald Leader editorial last week asks if it is a coincidence that the long-overdue firing of KLC ED Bill Hamilton happened just as the LFUCG investigation into fraud allegations with the hiring of KLC began.
Surely, this is just one of a series of coincidences happening around Lexington’s city hall.
Just like it was a total coincidence that Patrick Johnston’s position was eliminated by the Newberry administration, and it had nothing to do with him calling out funny business in Lexington’s insurance procurement.
Just like it was a total coincidence that LFUCG’s lawyer Logan Askew (max Newberry donor) hired outside counsel Terry Sellars (max Newberry donor) who told internal auditor Bruce Sahli to withhold Johnston’s fraud reports from the council unless the internal audit board told him to (chaired by Newberry’s campaign treasurer Dewitt Hisle, made up of his Senior Adviser, Finance Commissioner, and 4 of the 7 members being max Newberry donors).
Just like it was a total coincidence that the internal audit board kept non-Newberry staffer and contributor George Myers in the total dark about Johnston’s allegations, and also mysteriously canceled their meeting where they could have permitted Sahli to give the council these documents.
Just like it was a total coincidence that Ed Lane (internal audit board member and max Newberry donor) tried to block the effort of Myers to remove Hisle as chair of the board and called the actions of Myers “political”.
Just like it was a total coincidence that Sellars told the council that they did not have the right to request Johnston’s fraud reports, citing one sentence out of context of a paragraph that explicitly stated that the council did have this power.
All coincidences, I assure you.
SHE WON'T GO!
It’s good to know that despite hard times, trials and tribulations, Jim Newberry stays true to his good ole boy friends.
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