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OKLAHOMA CITY — A spokesman for Gov. Mary Fallin said she and one of her chief advisors did nothing improper in demanding the resignation of Workers Compensation Commission Chairman Robert Gilliland, despite Gilliland’s claim their actions were “inappropriate and illegal.”

Gilliland, in a Sept. 1 letter to Finance Secretary Preston Doerflinger that the World obtained through an Open Records Act request, says Doerflinger asked Gilliland to resign on Aug. 29 because of “dissatisfaction with a decision the Commission made in a case. I asked if there were any other reasons and you stated you know of no other reasons for the request to resign.”

Fallin spokesman Michael McNutt objected to that characterization, saying Gilliland’s letter “omits multiple reasons the governor is dissatisfied with his performance, (and) that were shared with the commissioner in the meeting the letter references and subsequent meetings.”

McNutt declined to clarify what the other reasons were or whether they related to Gilliland’s administrative duties or to the decisions of the commission. He said the governor “continues to consider (Gilliland’s) status on the commission, but has determined he will not be reappointed when his term expires in August 2017.”