Why we're these officials ousted? Pre-textual firings are routine in Oregon, by a corrupt state government. If Richardson is serious about cleaning up the crime and malfeance in Salem, then having people with first hand experience and a desire for revenge might just be the ticket. The moribund federal investigations of state officials is about to be restarted. Brown, Employment, BOLI and Avakian, and ODOJ - especially the Fusion program - all abused to retaliate against whistleblowers, perjury by state officials, and going to require unraveling. Some state-federal cooperative programs will be ended and some state officials are going to end up in federal prisons. This seems to be a typical defamation by the state crime machine.