MONTGOMERY, Ala. ( WRBL ) — Tuesday afternoon, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey used her ‘supreme executive power’ to remove Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs commissioner Kent Davis.
Ivey’s decision to use her executive powers came after the the State Board of Veterans Affairs failed to remove Davis. In addition to releasing the letter sent to Davis informing him he no longer had the job of commissioner, Ivey released a statement.
For weeks now, I have laid out the case publicly for why new leadership at the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs is necessary, and it is unfortunate it came to forcefully removing this agency head. After what I would now deem as a total failure of leadership at the Department and lack of cooperation, I had to use the mantle of the Governor’s Office to make the change. While there is more work to do, I am confident that together as one team, our state government can make Alabama an even better place for veterans to call home.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey