A year ago Thursday, the severance pay scandal involving Turkia Mullen erupted, and life has not been the same since for Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano.
Ficano's administration was immediately engulfed in a classic political scandal. On Thursday, his Torquemada, Fox 2's Charlie LeDuff, brought a cake to the downtown building that houses county government offices.
The FBI is investigating Mullin's hiring as part of its investigation into Ficano's administration. She was the county's chief development officer and received a $200,000 severance when she left last September for the $250,000 post at the airport.
She was fired two weeks after the FBI served subpoenas on the county and is seeking the rest of her three-year airport contract on allegations she was illegally fired.
