Brickbat: No-Show Job

Victor Vandergriff resigned as a member of the Texas Division of Transportation Fee in February 2018. However he continued to obtain a paycheck and state advantages for the part-time job for the following 5 years. The cash stopped coming earlier this yr solely after the Austin American-Statesman requested why he was nonetheless being paid for a job he wasn’t doing. Though he stepped down, Vandergriff was nonetheless thought-about a commissioner as a result of Gov. Greg Abbott by no means appointed anybody to fill the seat he vacated. Below Texas regulation, individuals who resign from a state place are thought-about to nonetheless maintain that publish till a alternative is called. However consultants stated that provision was based mostly on the expectation they’d proceed to serve till a alternative is called.

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