COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Gov. Nikki Haley says she wants to remove all seven members of the Richland County Recreation Commission board because they allowed the commission’s indicted former leader to abuse his power.
In Thursday’s executive order, Haley said she will hold a public hearing with a three-person panel Nov. 30 to let the commissioners make their case they shouldn’t be fired before she makes her final decision.
The board supported ex-director James Brown III, who resigned after he was indicted on a misconduct in office charge. Prosecutors say Brown tried to coerce female employees to have sex with him.
The governor says the board did not properly review complaints of harassment and that Brown was hiring family members. She says the board also gave Brown raises he didn’t earn.
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