Monday, April 21, 2008
News DOT's Abraham keeps job, Pinholster subject of sexual harassment investigation
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 7:42 PM
Cupid fires his bow and in the process shakes up the state's most powerful agency.
In a whirlwind series of events more akin to a Lifetime television movie, DOT Board Chairman Mike Evans resigned on Thursday two weeks after disclosing that he and DOT Commissioner Gena Abraham had begun a relationship that was deeper than just traffic plans and public-private initiatives — a no-no according to the agency's rules.
On Monday the board scolded Abraham with a written reprimand but decided to keep her at the helm — a move that surely pleased such voices of support as Gov. Sonny Perdue, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and many associations who have eyed Abraham as the breath of fresh air DOT needs. All while this was happening, WSBTV reported board member Garland Pinholster, who resigned his position as acting chairman today, is the subject of a sexual harrassment investigation.
Evans was the deciding vote in a contentious political battle to appoint Abraham as commissioner. Many applauded the budding couple's disclosure as a by-the-book step in the right direction, although that's likely to be change if it's revealed their relationship began earlier than the couple has described.
Cagle and House Speaker Glenn Richardson must now announce a special election to fill Evans' seat for the North Georgia district which he served.
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