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May 4, 2006

Holmes says he was forced off Beacon board

John A. Holmes Jr., the Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. board member who resigned yesterday, said in an interview this afternoon that he was forced to go.

Holmes told a Journal reporter that Governor Carcieri’s chief of staff, Kenneth K. McKay IV, told him a week ago that he must resign or expect a sheriff to deliver a letter to him, just like those delivered to the two board members who are today fighting in Superior Court to keep their posts.

George H. Nee and Henry R. Boeniger, both Democrats who work for labor unions, are requesting a temporary restraining order against the Republican governor, who moved to fire them on April 20.

A call to the governor's office for comment was not immediately returned.

-- With reports from Journal Staff Writer Lynn Arditi

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