Gov. Kay Ivey rescinded her appointment of Wetumpka Mayor Jerry Willis Tuesday, resulting in Willis’ rescinding of his resignation as mayor, announced Monday night in front of a crowded Wetumpka Civic Center at a city council meeting.
Ivey made the decision to rescind the offer to Willis to head the Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering because he “failed to disclose an important, and significant, legal matter which has now come to my attention,” Ivey said in a statement released Tuesday.
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