Idaho Potato Commission rejects request to fire Pat Kole over PCN matter

Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) board members unanimously voted to support IPC employee Pat Kole June 17 and rejected a request to terminate him. Members of the Idaho PCN Group asked for Kole’s immediate resignation or termination during the IPC’s regular monthly meeting in May. The request to IPC commissioners was made during a conference call with growers affected by a federal pale cyst nematode quarantine in East Idaho. They accused Kole of working behind the scenes to support the eradication program, which they oppose in its current form. More