McBride said Tuesday that Richardson and others gave no indication his pushback was a reason for his forced departure.

“It was never brought up that that was what it was,” McBride said. “I’m always a person who likes to take people at their word.”

“Governors like to make their appointments,” McBride said he was told.

McBride was serving an expired term, which is common for members of Missouri’s hundreds of boards and commissions.

No one from Gov. Mike Parson’s administration immediately offered an explanation for McBride’s departure. According to a state website, seven other members of the 19-member panel are currently serving expired terms, though McBride said one of those members had not been on the board for several years.

Parson’s office has made no mention of McBride’s departure. But on June 17, he announced three new members would join the oversight panel: Kaylyn Lambert, of Nixa; Sarah Oerther, of Rolla; and Dr. Nick Pfannenstiel, of Willard.