"McGinn adviser resigns, admits he lied about Ph.D."
The adviser, Chris "Bushnell" (legal name Chris Haugen), was to be paid a $110,000 annual salary by the people of Seattle to work on "policies regarding transportation, human services, public health and older adults". He has been blamed for the Mayor's out-of-the-gate missteps on the Seawall repair tax proposal and the non-firing of 200 unnecessary high-level city managers. But the PhD lie was not the first clue that Bushnell/Haugen was unfit for a responsible position in city government:
He also was convicted in 1994 of felony bank fraud, and McGinn says he knew about Bushnell's criminal record before hiring him.Heaven help us. Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at February 05, 2010 10:11 AM | Email ThisMcGinn spokesman Mark Matassa said the mayor tried to discourage Bushnell from leaving and "very reluctantly accepted his resignation."
i bet he tips better than 10% and doesn't have kids than can't behave, though.
Posted by: mike on February 5, 2010 02:03 PMWhat's this?
"Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) has blocked at least four White House nominees for federal jobs, citing the ongoing air tanker controversy between Boeing and Northrop Grumman."
Surely our Republican party will not use its new political power in the Senate to engage in and support these political shenanigans and their ant-free market bias for the benefit of Boeing's foreign competitor, EADS?
Not the party of Country First!
No one could have predicted.
Now, let's back to the discussion about the story that liberal PubliCola broke
about a dolt who claimed a PhD in a powerpoint presentation and got canned by the liberal mayor.
And I have never been shy about offering my opinions to them about their "visions".
Sometimes my opinions were in support.
More often not beginning with Norm Rice.
I have NEVER seen a Mayor off to a WORSE start.
We have now an ulra-arrogant Mayor whose blowhardiness exceeds even that of former Mayor Nickels.
Can you imagine a "leader of the community" who uses a Washington State Department of Transportation computer generated cartoon as his proof that the Sea-Wall needs to be replaced immediately?
Was he here for the 6.8 Nisqually Quake? Vehicle and pedestrian traffic along the Viaduct and Sea Wall proceeded normally.
No one slid out to sea. I wish I had some video to show him. I could even cartoonize it for him with some fancy animation software.
Posted by: Bart Cannon on February 5, 2010 02:51 PMMeet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Posted by: Palouse on February 5, 2010 03:08 PMBut these are only the ones getting caught. Imagine how many of these government employed elitist miscreants and perverts are running free, protected by an ever compliant press looking the other way.
And these are the types of folks who will be controlling out health care. Give me an insurance company any day.
Posted by: G Jiggy on February 5, 2010 03:47 PMWhere's the homophobic intolerance? Has not Kevin Jennings come out in support of NAMBLA and teaching kids fisting?
Posted by: Shanghai Dan on February 6, 2010 10:58 AMThus far McGinn has proven to be something of a wuss (the "non-firing" of 200 at-will upper level staff because *gasp* they created a protest web-page) and generally a nicer guy than Nickels.
Not a complete win by any means, but a screaming improvement, nonetheless.
We're going to need to wait a bit to discover if, however nice McGinn may be, he's got a clue or is just as misguided as the thankfully departed Nickels.
Posted by: GayCynic on February 7, 2010 01:24 PM