OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) — The Democratic leader of Oklahoma’s House of Representatives says keeping an Oklahoma commissioner in his position is harming the state after accusations of inappropriate behavior.
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett didn’t have much to say during the commission’s first public meeting Wednesday since allegations related to a work trip he took had been made public. A witness, during a trip Hiett took for a work conference in Minnesota, alleged seeing Hiett inappropriately grope a man while drunk in a hotel bar.
Fellow Commissioner Bob Anthony acknowledged those allegations in a formal filing to the commission, and brought up the incident again during Wednesday’s public meeting.
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“The situation is untenable,” said Anthony. “Neither getting sober nor sincerely apologizing can resolve it. Hiett’s immediate departure is the only corrective action possible.”