Ottawa Co. commissioner says he was terminated by MSU Extension [Video]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Newly-elected Ottawa County Commissioner Chris Kleinjans, who won a special election to take the seat of former District 2 Commissioner Lucy Ebel, is now claiming he was terminated from his position as a Community Nutrition Instructor with the Health & Nutrition Institute at Michigan State University Extension.

“MSU Extension ended my employment because it advised me that it did not believe I could continue working effectively with partners such as yourself, while fulfilling the office of Ottawa County Commissioner to which I was recently elected,” Kleinjans wrote in a departure letter to colleagues. “This was the sole reason for my termination. There was no job performance issue, personal or professional impropriety, nor any other cause for MSU Extension’s decision.”

“I disagree wholeheartedly with MSU Extension’s reasoning and my …