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To settle an ethics complaint that arose while Darrell Brock Jr. served as commissioner of the Governor's Office for Local Development during the administration of former Governor Ernie Fletcher, Brock has paid $1,000. The Executive Branch Ethics Commission had filed one count against Brock, alleging he pressured a supervisor in another state agency to give a merit-system job to a woman, based on her support for Fletcher, even though she had continually interviewed poorly and wasn't the best person for the job.

Several other officials continue to fight charges and have appealed in court to have them dismissed. A hearing against former Transportation Cabinet official Dan Druen is scheduled in August.