Governor Reynolds still has many questions to answer this week after her complete mishandling of the circumstances around the termination of Iowa Finance Authority Director Dave Jamison. Over the weekend, more stories of inappropriate behavior at the Iowa Finance Authority came to light, further calling in to question Reynolds’ lack of action and transparency throughout this whole process.

As we head in to this week, these are the key questions Iowans still need answers to:

  1. Why did Governor Reynolds need to wait over 4 weeks from receiving the information to order an investigation? Why did she delay action until the complaint letter was made public? Given that she was not planning on releasing those details at all until last Thursday, was she ever planning on investigating these highly inappropriate allegations?
  2. Why didn’t the IFA employee who ultimately reported Jamison to the governor feel comfortable going to DAS or her Human Resources Department? Is this a widespread fear at the Iowa Finance Authority? In other government offices?
  3. Why did Director Jamison believe he could fire employees as retribution for reporting his own inappropriate behavior?
  4. Are there other allegations of sexual harassment that have gone unaddressed in the Reynolds Administration?
  5. Have any employees been fired, transferred, or penalized in any other way as retaliation for rebuffing or reporting sexual harassment or other workplace misconduct?