Embattled Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission chief Sherry Cook is stepping down
Sherry Cook, the embattled executive director of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, is stepping down from her post amid a series of spending controversies at the agency.
In a Tweet early Monday afternoon, Gov. Greg Abbott welcomed what his office called Cook's "resignation.''
"It's time to clean house from regulators not spending taxpayer money wisely," the governor said in his tweet. "This is a good start."
Less than an hour later, in a news release sent to reporters, TABC characterized Cook's departure as a retirement. The statements said nothing about reports of top TABC brass spending thousands of dollars in taxpayer money to attend conferences largely funded by the alcohol industry.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2017/04/17/embattled-liquor-regulator-resign-sources/
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