Ex-VCU professor says he was fired by Wilder school for not springing question on Avula

Ex-VCU professor says he was fired by Wilder school for not springing question on Avula

He says he was fired after declining to ask Mayor Avula a question about VCU Health’s failed development deal on behalf of former Gov. Doug Wilder during a Wednesday Q-and-A.

Government expert Bill Leighty says VCU’s Wilder School fired him after dispute over ‘gotcha’ question for Richmond mayor

Bill Leighty — who served as chief of staff to former Virginia governors Mark Warner and Tim Kaine — says he was fired from his role at VCU’s L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs after refusing to ask Richmond Mayor Danny Avula a question the school wanted him to ask on behalf of former Gov. Doug Wilder.A  former Marine who had a long career in state government and is now considered one of Virginia’s top experts on public ad…