The
congresswoman-elect announced Wednesday that Lucille Miriam Lewis
"Muffy" Day will be her chief of staff.
Day
worked for the past decade in Washington for Rep. John Campbell, a Republican
from California who is retiring at the end of the current congressional
session.
Day has
no ties to Utah, said Love’s campaign manager, Dave Hansen, apart from a
handful of extended family who live in the state.
“[Day]
has other talents other than knowing the 4th District,” Hansen said.
“Her
prior chief of staff experience is crucial so that we can hit the ground
running and immediately serve the needs of the good people of the 4th
District,” Love said in a press release.
Love’s
campaign staff said she was unavailable to speak Wednesday with the Daily
Herald as she was attending a freshman orientation reception in the nation’s
capital.
Love also
appointed Laurel Price, a Herriman resident, to serve as her local district
director. Amy McDonald. Herald Extra.com
NOTE THIS STORY FROM October 2009.
OCT. 21, 2009,
3:32 P.M.
Rep. John
Campbell is offering an amendment to legislation creating a Consumer Financial
Protection Agency that would provide a "special interest carve out"
for auto dealers. The amendment would strip the the newly proposed agency of
its ability to oversee financing by car dealers. Campbell is a former car
dealer who currently rents out seven properties to car dealers or car repair
shops. (Six car dealerships and one repair shop.)
The 2008
personal financial disclosure filed by Campbell earlier this year shows that
the total value of the these properties is between $6,500,007 and $31,000,000
and his total income from the properties to be between $700,000 and $7,000,000.
According to a release by Public Campaign and Common
Cause, Campbell has received over $170,000 in campaign
contributions from auto dealers over his career.
In December of
2008, Campbell stated that he would recuse himself from voting on any automotive bailout plans considering how close his personal
finances are tied to the industry. When the Auto Industry Financing and
Restructuring Act (H.R. 7321) did come to a vote, Campbell voted
"present," fulfilling his promise to avoid a conflict
of interest. Now in the fall of 2009, Campbell has inserted himself directly
into a conflict of interest situation by offering an amendment that could
potentially affect his bottom line and those of his campaign contributors.
Maybe he
should have kept the principled stance he had last year. Are you listening,
man? Paul Blumenthal. Sunlight Foundation blog.
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