Saturday, December 12, 2009
Mining Board Appointment Criticized
KENTUCKY....
Officials of the United Mine Workers union have criticized Governor Steve Beshear's recent appointment of 37 year old Kelly Jenkins, the wife of Union County Judge-Executive Jody Jenkins, as nursing supervisor to the Kentucky Mining Board. Jenkins was named late last month as the eight-person board's “citizen member.” Jenkins, who supervises the telemetry and intensive-care units at Methodist Hospital in Henderson, submitted an application in March seeking a position on a state board or commission, while recounting her extensive experience as a nurse and stating a preference for serving on the Kentucky Board of Nursing, but she did not mention the mining board. Union members question her qualifications and say their preferred candidate wasn't granted a promised interview, but Jenkins says she has treated injured miners in the hospital and that she considers herself knowledgeable about mine-safety and mining practices.
Officials of the United Mine Workers union have criticized Governor Steve Beshear's recent appointment of 37 year old Kelly Jenkins, the wife of Union County Judge-Executive Jody Jenkins, as nursing supervisor to the Kentucky Mining Board. Jenkins was named late last month as the eight-person board's “citizen member.” Jenkins, who supervises the telemetry and intensive-care units at Methodist Hospital in Henderson, submitted an application in March seeking a position on a state board or commission, while recounting her extensive experience as a nurse and stating a preference for serving on the Kentucky Board of Nursing, but she did not mention the mining board. Union members question her qualifications and say their preferred candidate wasn't granted a promised interview, but Jenkins says she has treated injured miners in the hospital and that she considers herself knowledgeable about mine-safety and mining practices.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 4:40 PM 
