“I never once asked for special treatment for Kassidy,” the Republican governor said in video posted on YouTube.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Friday defended her administration’s handling of her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license, attempting to brush aside questions aboutthat included her daughter, Kassidy Peters, and the state employee who was overseeing her application.
A week after Peters received her license, the state employee who directed the agency was allegedly pressured to retire by Noem’s Cabinet secretary. The state employee, Sherry Bren, eventually received a $200,000 payment from the state to withdraw an age discrimination complaint and leave her job., are looking into the episode.
The Department of Labor and Regulation has denied a record request from the AP for agreements between the agency and Peters that would shed light on how Peters’ application progressed and whether her work samples met federal standards. “Any appraiser understands that anything we sign with the state of South Dakota can be public,” he said.
“My administration started fixing that process and it was way too difficult,” she said. “Appraisers weren’t getting certified and South Dakotans were having to wait much longer to buy a home than in other states.”
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