Posted on 05/21/2023 10:07:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Beginning in 2021, he says in his complaint he began asking Garcia y Griego for permission to personally interview, vet and hire employees who would report to him.
She did not respond to any of his requests, Blinman says in his complaint, which speculates she intended to "deprive him [of] the competent employees and necessary tools to enable him to effectively perform his job duties," which would "provide her with the pretext she wanted, and needed" to fire him.
Blinman's lawsuit says this issue prompted him to file a whistleblower complaint in 2022, in which he reported to Lucero, the human resources director, he believed Garcia y Griego's actions were unlawful and improper and designed to undercut his authority and hinder him from doing his job.
Blinman's second act of whistleblowing also came in 2022, when he reported "in confidence" to Lucero he'd heard a rumor Garcia y Griego was having an affair with a subordinate, the lawsuit says...
Neither Garcia y Griego nor Lujan Grisham provided a "good-faith legitimate reason" for his dismissal, Blinman's complaint says, "not withstanding the public outcry and wide display of unequivocal support for [him] and his many years of valuable public service to the citizens of our state."
Hundreds of supporters petitioned the governor to reinstate him and to withdraw her support for Garcia y Griego to serve a second term, the complaint says.
Lujan Grisham's spokeswoman instead issued a statement in support of Garcia y Griego's "leadership abilities." Blinman's complaint says this implied the governor supported his firing in retaliation for his complaints and "because he was an older, Caucasian male who was not entitled to any due process."
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The comments at the article are enlightening.
Sounds like a real corrupt bunch running NM...
It’s a Big Club.
And YOU ain’t in it..........................
gringo vs. protected minority = SOL
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