Serious questions remain unanswered over a week later.
“Governor Reynolds owes state employees and taxpayers an explanation for this high-profile firing. Sexual harassment is never acceptable and perpetrators should not be protected from their offenses. If Governor Reynolds wants to finally live up to her words on sexual harassment, she’ll find a way to release the details of this incident,” said Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price.
Reynolds handling of the Jamison firing has left many with questions, including but not limited to:
- Why did she choose to terminate him immediately instead of conducting a formal investigation?
- Why wasn’t a formal complaint filed against Director Jamison?
- Why won’t she release the details of the investigation, while protecting the identity of his accusers?
- Was sexual harassment the extend of Director Jamison’s wrongdoing at the Iowa Finance Authority?
- Why doesn’t she apply the same standard to her political allies as she does to her employees?
Ed Tibbetts, Todd Dorman; March 30, 2018
[00:10:48] TIBBETTS: “I think even outside the normal partisan wrangling over these things, there are folks that who think there need to be more details made public about this, you know, let’s face it, when government does something, it’s hard to judge, whether it’s done correctly if you don’t know precisely why they’re done.”
[00:11:38] DORMAN: “As we know these kind of cases are always more complicated and a lot less black and white than maybe the folks in charge would like them to be. I think since it’s been done on the public dime then we should have more detail on what happened.
This sort of hiding behind personnel matters is a problem at all levels editorialized many times, suddenly a school superintendent and nobody will say exactly what happened it’s frustrating for people who are paying the freight to not know why things happened or how they are handled or the details that would make things clear”
IOWA STARTING LINE: Reynolds Should Know That Silence Won’t Cut It
Randy Evans, March 29, 2018
“The governor is kidding herself if she thinks the people of Iowa will let her stick with her staff’s ‘we can’t comment on that’ non-explanation about Jamison.”
“State government belongs to the people of Iowa, and they are entitled to know what an official making $130,000 a year did that cost him his job.”
DES MOINES REGISTER: Unanswered questions shade Gov. Kim Reynolds’ ‘strong message’ on sexual harassment
Kathie Obradovich, March 26, 2018
“It seems like it should be possible for Reynolds to disclose how many accusers are involved without revealing who they are. She could describe the time period the alleged harassment took place and whether it started or continued after Jamison took the state-mandated sexual harassment training course.
Reynolds wants Iowans to believe she’s showing strong leadership – but she’s asking us to take on faith that she’s only protecting the victims.”