Branstad Urged to Terminate 12 Agency Directors

A Democrat on the Senate Oversight Committee says Republican Gov. Terry Branstad should terminate the 12 agency directors who spent taxpayer dollars on confidentiality agreements with 24 state workers who were dismissed.Branstad said the confidentiality agreements were wrong. “I am deeply disappointed that they were ever considered, let alone used,” he said Monday.On March 17, the Des Moines Register reported that six employees had been paid nearly $300,000 in confidentiality settlements in conjunction with their dismissals.Since then Branstad’s staff has uncovered another 18...