Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Killefer Withdraws Candidacy for Chief Performance Officer

Another day, another Obama nominee with tax problems.

WASHINGTON – Nancy Killefer, who failed for a year and a half to pay employment taxes on household help, has withdrawn her candidacy to be the first chief performance officer for the federal government, the White House said Tuesday.

Killefer was the second major Obama administration nominee to withdraw and the third to have tax problems complicate their nomination after President Barack Obama announced their selection.

“Nancy Killefer has decided to withdraw her nomination, and we accepted her withdrawal,” Tommy Vietor, a White House spokesman, said Tuesday. The 55-year-old executive with consulting giant McKinsey & Co., was expected to explain her reasons for pulling out later in the day.

When her selection was announced by Obama on Jan. 7, The Associated Press disclosed that in 2005 the District of Columbia government had filed a $946.69 tax lien on her home for failure to pay unemployment compensation tax on household help.

Since then, administration officials refused to answer questions about the tax error, which she resolved five months after the lien was filed. Obama’s first choice for commerce secretary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, took his name out of consideration when his confirmation appeared headed toward complications because of a grand jury investigation over how state contracts were issued to political donors.

This seems to be the M.O. of the Obama administration.  When they are questioned about problematic issues they stonewall.  So much for transparency.

(8) Comments
Posted by Owen at 1100 hrs
Politics + Politics - General

  1. Here’s a “must-watch” YouTube, re Daschle & his old Pontiac:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avG9DvLi-aQ

    In light of the controversy surrounding taxes on the limo service that Tom Daschle got for free, this 1986 ad is ironic.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 03, 2009 at 1147 hrs


  2. Tax cheats, nominees under investigation by the feds, advisors who believe white males should be considered last in any stimulus money, appointees who have immigration problems with their hired help….

    ....could someone (preferably a liberal) please tell me when change will come to America??

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 03, 2009 at 1147 hrs


  3. Are we as the GOP any better?

    Treating Joe The Plumber as an new conservative Icon?

    We need to walk the walk if we talk the talk!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 03, 2009 at 1227 hrs


  4. It won’t be long before the media are going to have to recon with the fact that this
    administration is mired in filth. I know the libs will never admit to it, bet the media
    Cannot continue to cover this up.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 03, 2009 at 1228 hrs


  5. Makes you kind of wonder that the only two people thrown under the bus are a Hispanic male and a female.  But the two white males with bigger problems are just fine with Obama’s gang.
    You hang out with bombers, racists, crooks and other sleaze and this is what you get.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 03, 2009 at 1236 hrs


  6. Daschle just withdrew also! Hopefully national republicans don’t just forget about thi and let it slide into obscurity.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 03, 2009 at 1251 hrs


  7. Good point, dj. Maybe national republicans can ride this dead horse into the next election!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 03, 2009 at 1644 hrs


  8. I don’t what else anyone expected from a dirty Chicago machine hack politician.
    This is just the beginning.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 04, 2009 at 0546 hrs


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