BOSTON (SHNS) – Gov. Maura Healey did not answer questions Thursday about whether people are facing disciplinary action for mistakenly paying a fired aide $31,000.
Healey fired her former Western Massachusetts Deputy Director LaMar Cook after he was arrested on cocaine trafficking charges in October. The Boston Herald first reported Monday that Cook was paid a buyout of $31,439 for unused vacation pay, which the Healey administration said was done in error.
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The state filed a legal complaint Tuesday against Cook to try to “recover money erroneously paid to him for accrued vacation leave time that he was not entitled to receive because he was terminated for cause from his employment with the Office of the Governor,” according to the complaint.
Asked after an unrelated press conference if anyone in the state’s Human Resources Department is facing disciplinary action for the erroneous payment, Healey said, “I’m really upset about that.”…