FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A state House candidate mounting a Republican primary challenge to a sitting lawmaker was once fired from his state corrections job for allegedly falsifying travel records.
The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that Terry D. Gilreath of Pulaski County was fired in 2004 for being reimbursed twice for the same trip. The state later agreed to void the termination in a settlement that required Gilreath to drop an appeal and agree never to seek a future job with the Department of Corrections.
The newspaper obtained Gilreath's dismissal letter through a records request from the state Personnel Board.
Gilreath, who is running against Rep. Tommy Turner of Somerset, said he was innocent and making the letter public is a "dirty trick" by his opponent. Turner said he had nothing to do with raising the issue.
