Pa. AG examines deal with Game Commission director

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The state attorney general’s office said today it is seeking more details as it reviews an agreement under which the Pennsylvania Game Commission would pay its recently retired executive director $220,000 to settle potential legal claims against each other.

A two-page agreement from late January described the payment to Carl Roe and included confidentiality provisions. Roe has not been paid the money while the review is going on.

A Dec. 26 letter from the Game Commission’s top lawyer to a state Budget Office lawyer said the commission’s board began talking about terminating Roe’s employment in 2012 because of his job performance.

“While those discussions were taking place, Director Roe made it known to the Board that he believed he had fully complied with the job responsibilities as set forth in the Policy Manual and that if he was removed from his position he would file ... a suit for wrongful termination,” wrote Game Commission chief counsel Bradley Bechtel.

Roe retired Jan. 17 from the $122,000-a-year position he had held since 2005.