Two former employees of Bandera County’s Central Appraisal District who complained to the district’s board last month about harassment and other improprieties by district administrators have been fired despite their requests to the board for protection from termination decisions or future acts of retaliation. One of the former staffers, appraiser Melissa Checkovage, said she already had sought protection and been approved for coverage under the Texas Whistleblowers Act, which prohibits public employers from suspending or terminating the employment of employees who alleged legal violations by their employers or co-workers. The other woman, former Deputy Chief Appraiser Jana Camp Herrera, told the board ...