A conservative advocacy group filed a lawsuit against the state of Washington, on behalf of a former WSDOT worker who said he was told to lie.
The prices of various types of gas are seen at a Western Washington 76 gas station on Oct. 16, 2023. filed Tuesday in Thurston County Superior Court and WSDOT to change the numbers in his reports that indicated that the cap-and-trade program was significantly impacting the cost of fuel.“I did my job, refused to ‘jimmy the numbers,’ and was shown the door by an agency that I served with integrity, in a field that I’d worked in for decades.
“It was suggested in strong terms that management would prefer that he not include the impacts of the cap and trade program ,” Maynard told KIRO Newsradio in December, after the initial complaint was filed. CADF has publicly opposed Washington’s new cap-and-invest carbon pricing program, part of the CCA that took effect at the start of last year.
“In addition to denying him a promotion, also failed to give him basic software upgrades he needed to be able to do his job. They eliminated his position and then continued to have him work until the vacancy would be finalized,” Maynard said. “They denied him the ability to work remotely, when just about every employee in the state government was able to do that. And they denied him leave to be able to visit his elderly mother out of state. For him, that was the last straw.
“It would eventually move the essential functions that were performed by Mr. Smith from WSDOT to the Economic Revenue Forecast Council,” Faulk said at that time.“Mr. Smith claims he was denied leave to spend time with his mother around Thanksgiving, and that this denial was tied to some vendetta,” the office stated. “In reality, Mr. Smith was the expert presenter at a meeting that conflicted with his date requests.
Additionally, Smith said he was the primary WSDOT employee charged with forecasting fuel consumption, pricing and revenues from gas taxes and fees. But state officials with the
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