Commissioner Godfrey Files Lawsuit Against Governor for Reduction of Salary
As previously reported, the Governor reduced Commissioner Godfrey's salary to the lowest level for the position after the commissioner refused to resign, as the Governor had requested. The commissioner had noted at that time that his term was for six years, and was not a political appointment, as are those of so many other government officials. The Governor then reduced the salary based on his assertion that under the commissioner's tenure, Iowa's workers' compensation system had suffered. The commissioner noted that his performance reviews had been exemplary. On January 11, 2012, the commissioner filed a lawsuit against the governor and the state, alleging that defendants had engaged in defamation, harassment, sexual discrimination and extortion. The documents can be found at http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2012/01/11/iowa-workers-compensation-commissioner-files-1-million-lawsuit-against-the-state/. The state tort law claims relate to the m...