FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A Legislative Research Commission employee who was fired after appearing in a video for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes has been hired into a better-paying state job.
The Lexington Herald-Leader (https://bit.ly/1nIpHjd) reports Charles Booker has been hired as division director for administrative services in the state Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, where he will be paid $68,500 annually.
Booker was fired in February from his job as an analyst for the Government Contract Review Committee at a salary of $51,000 annually.
Booker says he went through the normal application process to get the job.
“I knew all three of my references before I lost my LRC job, and I got no special advantage,” he said.
Tourism Cabinet spokesman Gil Lawson said the position was posted and several others applied, but Booker was chosen “based on his qualification and experiences.”
Booker told The Courier-Journal in February that he was terminated for violating a policy that prohibits LRC employees from engaging in partisan political activities.
Booker, who lives in Louisville, made comments in the video about the west Louisville community.
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Information from: Lexington Herald-Leader, https://www.kentucky.com
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