Two former Utah DABC managers are popping champagne, at least metaphorically, over a jury finding that Francine Giani, executive director of the Utah Department of Commerce and the guv’s all-purpose hellhound, wrongfully terminated her executive assistant in 2013.
The 3rd District Court jury last week ordered the payment of $240,000 in total damages against Giani, the Commerce Department and the state of Utah for firing her assistant Rebekah Conner and denying her severance benefits. You can read the details in the Deseret News.
Brett Clifford, former DABC wine buyer, and Kerri Adams, a former DABC human resources official, argued in a letter to The Salt Lake Tribune, that similar Giani high-handedness has left the alcohol beverage agency demoralized and adrift: