Ivey spent most of the day getting acclimated to her new position, and she terminated some others from theirs.
The Alabama Ethics Commission last week found Bentley probably violated ethics and campaign finance laws after it completed an investigation into allegations that he used public funds to hide his relationship with Rebekah Mason, a senior adviser who later resigned.
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley on Monday afternoon resigned [statement, video] from his office after impeachment proceedings were initiated against him by lawmakers that morning.
The status of Ivey's cabinet remains unknown.
By the time Ivey, now 72, first won elected office-state treasurer in 2002-she'd switched her political affiliation to the Republican party.
(AP Photo/Butch Dill). Kay Ivey speaks after taking the oath of office of Governor of Alabama, Monday, April 10, 2017, in Montgomery, Ala. "These are my priorities as your governor". The report also detailed what allegedly went on behind closed doors when Mason, according to the report, left the office "with her hair tousled and her clothing in disarray".
Dianne Bentley saw her divorce from the governor made final a year ago, but only after she surreptitiously recorded her husband telling Mason he loved her and enjoyed putting his hands under her shirt.
"Roast beef, okra, and string beans", the Camden native beamed. "She is not dragging around a lot of baggage from the past". "We met with Greg Canfield [AL Dept. of Commerce] and gotten briefed up on some of the economic development projects".
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Under the terms of his plea deal, Bentley had to resign from office within one hour of his guilty plea.
"Well it was a fast-moving day", she admitted.
The same laws regarding succession don't cover naming a new Lieutenant Governor, however, meaning the post will technically remain vacant until the 2018 general election.
The 130-page summary of the committee's investigation-which merited its own web domain-reads more like a rejected Nancy Meyers script treatment than the result of a government investigation: texted professions of undying love, indiscreet assignations in the governor's office, and accusations that the governor directed a bodyguard to break up with his mistress for him. That's if she even struck one at all. "And it will be honest", Ivey said.
She's definitely a fan of Martin's, though. "So I think she'll do better than he did".
Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) also issued a statement following Bentley's resignation.
"Serving as your governor and representing the great state of Alabama is no small task".
The House committee's investigation into the governor's misdeeds came to a halt in November when then-state Attorney General Luther Strange asked that his office be able to take over "related work".
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