Posted on 11/25/2004 9:17:06 AM PST by Libloather
Murkowski asks her staff to quit
NEW START: Senator says they can reapply, but some won't be rehired
By RICHARD MAUER
Anchorage Daily News
(Published: November 25, 2004)
Murkowski
Lisa Murkowski said Wednesday that she will be returning to Washington in January for her first term as an elected senator with a revived confidence and such a strong desire to start anew that she has asked her entire 30-member staff to resign and reapply for their jobs. Some won't be rehired, she said.
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Murkowski said her decision to start fresh with her staff doesn't mean some of the same faces won't be back. But Justin Stiefel, who resigned as her chief of staff in February to become her campaign manager, will not be returning to his old job, Murkowski said.
"Justin is looking for other opportunities either here in Alaska or in Washington," she said.
Stiefel, who grew up in Anchorage and was 28 when he took over Murkowski's campaign in February, was one of the youngest chiefs of staff in Congress.
At the time he moved over to the campaign, Murkowski said he was "smart, smart, smart," but there were persistent rumblings throughout the summer and fall, never confirmed by campaign officials, that Stiefel had been pushed aside in fact, if not in title.
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She'll have the luxury now of creating her own team, but the surroundings won't be so nice. Offices are assigned by seniority, and father Frank had some 20 years of it.
In Washington the other day, she had to suffer the indignity of a Democrat, Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, walking through the place and taking measurements for curtains.
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Ha ha She is lucky Babs Mikulski didnt make a pass at her.Or did she?
Why ask for resignations , just fire the ones you dont want back.
This is standard procedure for anyone reelected!!
The article puts a strange twist on ordinary practice.
Mikulski will represent the godless Marylanders until they measure her for a very short casket.
Responsibilty for employer's share of unemployment compensation, maybe?
She undoubtedly inherited her father's staff. This will be her staff.
Is it any wonder that we're going to hell in a handbasket and government requires so much of your wages? These maroons have 30 staff to make mischief with? The country would be a lot better off if each congressman had 5 staff.
I've been wondering for awhile just out of nosiness--do you know how tall Mikulski is? She looks really short to me, like 4'10". Even if she's taller than that, she looks super-short because of her build.
Curtains? Was Mikulski going to have a someone make a dress made for her?
She was appoointed to her Dad's seat by him..I think she kept on much of his old staff fro the transition..Now, and rightly so..she wants her own people in place..
well, she doesn't want to be seen as a bad guy
I think you are about right.
Another thing, she is much uglier in person than in photos. Much uglier.
Yes, she inherited the job from her father. Didn't earn it, inherited it. But now she's acting high and might toward her staff. Figures.
She just won an election idiot.
Easy friend, "Idiot" is a bit strong, don't you think?
My recommendation would be a very very good spring cleaning in ALL republican politicians offices and committees.. Federal parasitism should really be a democrat disease..
Am I dreamin.?.. of course I am.. Dreams are cool..
Churchillbuff doesn't warrant the courtesy.
She could win another 8 elections and that won't change the fact that she inherited the seat rather than earning it herself.
Right, but she was the nominee because daddy gave her the job. And if not for W's coattails, she wouldn't have won - because the nepotism didn't go down well with Alaskans.
But very, very wide
Pretty mouthy, from somebody who's been a Freeper about 80 months less than me. You came in this past spring; I've been here since 98. Back then, you were who knows where - probably still kissing up to Clinton; you seem to be more attracted to power and people in power, than to principle.
Can anyone imagine a male Senator doing that? (Well, I mean other than metrosexual Kerry)
I seriously doubt that. See post 11
This particular Marylander regards Senator Murkowski as a much better representative of my interests than the current incumbent Stalinists, and hereby gives her and her staff permission to tip Mikulski over and roll her out the door next time she comes in.
I heard once that most "staffers" are basically mercenary, Washington DC groupies, with "in name only" political affiliation. Democrat to Republican to Democrat again.... doesn't matter. They are just career "staffers". I also heard that this arrangement allows lots of leaking, information trading, spying, and in some cases, treachery.
Personally, I would want a staff of people who I KNEW were all loyal, merciless, conservatives.
A very short , very wide casket LOL. But not all Marylanders are Godless. Just those in Montgomery, PG and Baltimore Counties, the rest of the state is down home country folks.
I have the disadvantage of having seen her in person a number of times. Up close, but not personal. I stand by my statement.
With MD now having a Republican governor, why did the GOP continue to give a pass to the silly Mikulski? Someone needs to do a psychological study of the people of MD. They don't (collectively) make much sense.
You are correct.
The proper term was "my esteemed colleague with the idiotic comments."
She is now hiring her own staff to start her first full term -- and you call that "high and mighty"? How ridiculous can you get?
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