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The governor's chief lawyer said yesterday it was unnecessary for Gov. Ernie Fletcher to be publicly subpoenaed in Louisville last Friday by attorneys for a former state worker who claims he was unjustly fired. A simple phone call would have sufficed, eliminating the need for the highly unusual step of subpoenaing a sitting governor during a public event according to Jim Deckard Fletcher's general counsel. Deckard said two attorneys for former Transportation Cabinet employee Mike Duncan never called him to ask that Fletcher be available to testify at a 9:30 a.m. meeting today of the state Personnel Board or to request that he sit for a deposition. Deckard also said that members of the media have told him they were contacted before the subpoena was served Friday while Fletcher was in Louisville for a speaking engagement.