NY SEN: More Nanny Nonsense?
Does Zoe Baird need to moderate a Learning Annex panel for Washington wannabes about the consequences of not paying taxes on the help?!
People, please don't put your names into the mix for office -- read federal or Cabinet level appointments or even local dog catcher -- if you haven't done your legal level best to pay the taxman. Real folks -- like, um, the ones who don't who don't have $50M estates on Martha's Vineyard -- manage to do their civic duty.
So it seems Caroline Kennedy had a taxes and household employee problem, a person close to Gov. David Paterson told the New York Times this afternoon. But the paper also reports conflicting versions of Kennedy's status before pulling out -- that she was the likely pick and that she and the governor's team were figuring out how to handle potential looming issues (read taxes), and that Paterson never intended to select her.
Meanwhile, hard feelings apparently abound. The governor's staff was blindsided by her decision. Kennedy, for her part, has not provided additional comment beyond that one-sentence statement.
Hard not to surmise that Kennedy was notified that she wouldn't be appointed and that she chose the 'save face' option -- pulling out of the running -- before the governor's team leaked their actual choice.
(JENNIFER SKALKA)
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