BATON ROUGE (AP) — Two top leaders at the state Department of Social Services were forced out Tuesday amid complaints about the agency’s handling of disaster food stamp aid and evacuee shelters for Hurricane Gustav. A day after Secretary Ann Williamson resigned, the agency’s deputy secretary and undersecretary were ousted. Terri Porche Ricks, the deputy secretary, turned in her resignation after she was advised “that we were asking her to leave,” said interim agency chief Kristy Nichols.
Top social services heads leave over Gustav
By The Associated Press
September 15, 2008