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11.19.2008

 

More election thank yous

As I surmised last week, Gov. Jim Douglas has appointed his campaign manager, Dennise Casey, as his new deputy chief of staff. That Casey would wind up back in the governor's office after the campaign never seemed in doubt. She did the same switch from campaign to staff two years ago.

What is kind of interesting is that she will now be the governor's chief liaison to the Legislature. After a campaign in which Douglas had some not-very-nice things to say about the House speaker, who was his opponent, some legislators might find Casey on the incendiary side.

Then again, people have a way of moving on.

Casey replaces Betsy Bishop, who moved to commissioner of Economic Development.

This more than likely also means Heidi Tringe will be the governor's next spokesman. After six years of having the same person - Jason Gibbs - represent the governor to the media there could be a noticeable change. Tringe most recently was an adviser in the governor's office, and before that the communications person at the Agency of Human Services.

That position, last I knew, was still open. An opportunity for the governor to offer up a vacant job for elimination?

- Terri Hallenbeck

Comments:
That position isn't open. It's occupied by Kim O'Smeary. She's Cringe's protege.
 
Where is Jim Barnett?

What's he doing now?
 
Au contraire. Kim O'Leary left AHS to work for Fletcher Allen/
- TH
 
Darling I love you but give me Park Avenue.
 
Not enough money to repair bridges, but plenty to shell out to political cronies.

Thanks Jim.
 
Jim Douglas has taken Vt to a new level cronyism.

Almost every mainstream GOP candidate who loses a race gets a job in the Douglas administration.
 
To anonymous 3:49

Does the VSEA know that you post to blogs on company time?
 
WOW, what a surprise - GOP candidates get jobs in the Douglas administration! Unlike the "new and improved" Obama administration (Emanuel, Daschle, Hillary, Podesta, Holder, and the rest of the "fixers" and wheeler-dealers that started us down the slippery slope we find ourselves now in!) Guess "the One" thinks all of those impressionable, naive students that voted for "CHANGE" have never heard of these pols!
 
Where did Bush get his administration? Care to look back at previous Republican administrations?
 
Reading these posts evry morning is a great way to start the day. Makes me feel smarter just knowing there are so many narrow minded ideologues on both sides of any issue. Are all you people in the legislature? You sure act like it!
 
Betsy Bishop - She likes to shop so she can be commissioner of Economic Development.

Jason Gibbs - He has a tree in his yard and he snow boards! So he's the commissioner of Forest and Parks.

They are looking for anyone who watched the movie: "Escape From Alcatraz" to hire as Corrections Commissioner.

We've got real leadership in VT state government.
 
Jim Douglas has no leadership, no vision, and has fooled the voters yet again!
 
Its better than slimy Shumlin!!
 
I hear Mr. Obama may try to appoint Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State.
 
To anonymous 3:49

Doug Fibson - is that you?
 
Who in the hell is Heidi Tringe?
 
Anonymous said...

"Reading these posts "evry" morning is a great way to start the day..."

And just knowing that there's nameless-nitwits who frequently can't spell what they can't substantiate posting sanctimonious slop like this in an ongoing testament to the consistency of your cluelessness gives me great comfort, little fella.

Always a pleasure.
 
Don't be so tough on yourself Coopy. Anon has given your life purpose and validation.
 
"And just knowing that there's nameless-nitwits who frequently can't spell what they can't substantiate posting sanctimonious slop like this in an ongoing testament to the consistency of your cluelessness gives me great comfort, little fella."


WAKE UP TERRI!!!!!

If anyone posted anything as hostile about Coop you'd be calling for public outrage.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH KEEPING HIM UNDER CONTROL?????
 
Anonymous said...

"Don't be so tough on yourself Coopy.

Don't worry.

"Anon has given your life purpose and validation."

He/she/it/they/have, eh, little fella?

Nice try.

Always a pleasure.
 
Anonymous has left a new comment on the post "More election thank yous":

"And just knowing that there's nameless-nitwits who frequently can't spell what they can't substantiate posting sanctimonious slop like this in an ongoing testament to the consistency of your cluelessness gives me great comfort, little fella."


WAKE UP TERRI!!!!!

"If anyone posted anything as hostile about Coop you'd be calling for public outrage."

No, they'd be the other anonymous nitwit who keeps posting my name, address and phone and trashing my wife and kids by name while offering google map directions to our home, little fella.

Then again, our names and addresses are the only things they've been consistently been able to get straight without misspelling them or screwin' 'em up somehow, little fella.

But, clearly, that's the other nameless nitwit who's responsible for that, so you've got nothin' to worry about but your usual chronic caselessness, cluelessness, factose-intolerance and grammatical errors, little fella, so ya shouldn't sweat anything else.

How ya comin' with gettin' those under control, sport?

Always a pleasure.
 
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