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W.Va. Capitol Officer Appeals Firing Over Facebook Post

A Capitol police officer is appealing his firing over a post he made on Facebook.

The Public Employees Grievance Board has scheduled a grievance hearing for Douglas Day on June 10.

The Charleston Gazette reports that Day was fired on Feb. 6. Three days earlier, he wrote a Facebook post about a protest at the Capitol over the state’s response to a Jan. 9 chemical spill.

Day’s post said that if there any time he despised wearing a police uniform, it was during the protest.

Day tells the newspaper that no disciplinary action was taken against him during the two-and-a-half years that he worked as a Capitol officer.

Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety spokesman Lawrence Messina says the grievance process should be allowed to take its course.

Two W.Va. Agencies Join Lawsuit Against Drug Company

Two West Virginia agencies are joining a lawsuit against an Ohio drug company, alleging its negligent practices have helped fuel the state’s pain pill abuse epidemic.
 
     The Department of Health and Human Resources and the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety recently signed on as plaintiffs in the attorney general’s lawsuit against Cardinal Health.
 
     West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey recused himself in August from the lawsuit filed by the office because his wife lobbies for the company in Washington, D.C.
 
     The suit was filed during former Attorney General Darrell McGraw’s last term. Morrisey defeated McGraw in the 2012 general election.
 
     The Charleston Gazette reports that outside lawyers handling the case will now report to the heads of the other departments and their agencies’ attorneys.
 

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