The Kentucky Republicans are out of control, too. And the rot is reaching right to the top -- which should come as no surprise. Governor Ernie Fletcher spent five years as part of the DeLay GOP team in Congress, so he got some good training on how to be a corrupt politician:
Gov. Ernie Fletcher has been subpoenaed to appear before a special grand jury investigating his administration's hiring practices, the attorney general's office confirmed Friday.Now why should Ernie Fletcher and his staff have to follow all those pesky laws? They won. That's all that should matter. It's worked for Tom DeLay and the Ohio GOP all these years.
Nine current or former members of Fletcher's administration have been indicted on misdemeanor charges alleging violations of the state's Merit System personnel law.
The indictments allege that they routinely plotted to circumvent the law requiring that state personnel decisions, including who gets hired for state jobs, fired or promoted, be made on the candidates' merits rather than on their political influence or support.
