Kamala Harris launched political career with $120K 'patronage' job from boyfriend Willie Brown

Washington Examiner ^ | June 1, 2019 | Alana Goodman

[TBP]

Kamala Harris’ first significant political role was an appointment by her powerful then-boyfriend Willie Brown, three decades her senior, to a California medical board that has been criticized as a landing spot for patronage jobs and kickbacks.

Then 30, Harris was dating 60-year-old Willie Brown, at the time the Democratic speaker of the California State Assembly, when he placed her on the California Medical Assistance Commission in 1994. The position paid over $70,000 per year, $120,700 in current money, and Harris served on the board until 1998.

The medical commission met twice a month, and Harris, a United States senator for California since 2017 and now a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, missed about 20% of the meetings each year, according to commission records obtained by the Washington Examiner.

The seven-member board was largely comprised of late-career former state officials who were semi-retired or biding time before retirement. At 30 years old, Harris was the youngest appointee by some three decades.

[KingofZion]

you left out that Willie was married at the time (and I believe still is). a decade later he got another girlfriend pregnant (Caroline Carpeneti) and his estranged wife was said to have remarked “well you finally got caught”

[TexasFreeper2009]

how many BJ did she give willy? the world wants to know!

ROFL

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

I think that Harris and Little Willie’s Willie played “doctor” instead of going to board meetings.