Moloney resigns; Newberry names replacement
By Michelle Ku
MKU@HERALD-LEADER.COM
Urban County Councilman Richard Moloney resigned Tuesday from the council to take a post with the state.
Moloney, whose resignation was effective at noon, was serving his seventh term as the District 11 councilman.
He is leaving the council to be executive director of the Kentucky Office of Housing, Buildings and Construction, a post to which he was appointed by Gov. Steve Beshear. His first day on the job will be Wednesday.
In order to take the state job, Moloney had to resign from the council.
"I want to thank all the residents of the 11th District who I have had the honor to serve for seven terms," Moloney said in a statement. "I have great friends and neighbors that I will miss working closely with, and I will always be grateful for their support over the years."
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Newberry announced he will appoint Peggy Henson, the current vice president and former president of the Cardinal Valley Neighborhood Association, to finish the final year of Moloney's unexpired term. Henson has also served for 20 years on the Valley Park Board.
"Peggy is committed to the citizens of the 11th District and to addressing their concerns," Newberry said. "She will be a valuable addition to the council."
He was supposed to be named executive director of the PSC and Stephanie Bell was going to be named deputy there to replace her very good friend Robert Amato. That fell through when Amato ran his mouth and the cabinet secretary and eppc wiper mark york handled it all wrong and got bad publicity for governor betshear. so they moved moloney over to housing where they had already fired that executive director.
Posted by:Truth Tooth | January 22, 2008 at 01:12 PM