QUICK QUIT, AND CHANCE TURNED DOWN APPOINTMENT
Two appointees of the new Dunleavy Administration have withdrawn from their appointments.
John Quick, the Department of Administration commissioner, offered his resignation today. It was accepted after too many irregularities in his resume were revealed in the media.
Art Chance, who was offered a position in the Department of Administration, decided to not accept an offer of employment. Chance, a rough-hewn labor negotiator, had a social media presence that would have been a distraction to the Administration. He has been a columnist at Must Read Alaska, but it’s his sometimes raw language on Facebook that was becoming an issue, in light of the dismissal of former Assistant Attorney General Libby Bakalar, who kept a savage and coarse blog going during the Walker Administration.
Chance had shut down his Facebook page upon deciding to work for the Dunleavy Administration, but the trail of social media is long and unforgiving.
When asked for comment, Gov. Michael J. Dunleavy stated the following: “This decision is for the best.”
Gov. Michael Dunleavy named Paula Vrana as Acting Commissioner of Administration.
“Earlier this evening, Commissioner Designee Jonathan Quick resigned. I appreciate his willingness to serve the people of Alaska and wish him the best in his future endeavors,” Governor Dunleavy said in a press release.
“I appointed Paula Vrana as Acting Commissioner of Administration.
“Acting Commissioner Vrana is an attorney who joined the Department of Administration on Jan. 2, 2019. She immediately immersed herself in your department’s important role to the State of Alaska, and I am confident you are in good hands,” Dunleavy wrote in a letter to Department of Administration employees.
Quick, in his letter of resignation, strongly refuted some of the claims made against him, but said he didn’t want to become a distraction.
For Commissioner Designee Quick’s letter of resignation, click here.
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