By Brahm Resnijk | 12 News
A staffer at the Arizona Corporation Commission alleges he was offered a promotion if he kept silent about a Republican regulator’s behind-the-scenes activities.
That allegation is one of several against former Commissioner Gary Pierce, who retired at the end of December, in a seven-page whistleblower letter written by a former executive assistant, who is now listed as a supervisor at the commission.
The letter was sent last Friday to the Corporation Commission and the Arizona Attorney General’s office. It was obtained independently by 12 News, but did not contain the whistleblower’s name. 12 News has verified the identity of the staffer who filed the complaint.
