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KINGFISHER, Okla. — The former fire chief for the city of Kingfisher is fighting to get his job back. The city manager fired Chief Randy Poindexter earlier last month. Now Poindexter has filed an appeal to be put back in charge of the town’s fire department.
In a letter to city board of commissioners, Poindexter’s attorney Matt Smith writes the termination was “an orchestrated farce intended only to discredit a faithful public servant and hero.” It was just three years ago when Poindexter attended a ceremony in Washington D.C. where he was awarded the President’s Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor for his efforts to save people during the 2007 floods in Kingfisher.
City Manger Dave Slezickey says he cannot comment on a pending personnel action, but says he did send multiple memorandums to Poindexter that “provided guidance and direction.” He says Poindexter had ample notice to the reasons he was to be terminated that ended with a 12 minute hearing. “He did not request additional time; he demanded that he would not meet at this time unless given more time,” Slezickey told Fox 25.
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