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Don't worry 'bout Michelle. She's movin' on up.
And before you start to say, "well they all did it", be sure to read
at the end of the article the numbers about how many staffers
some previous first ladies had. This is a new and blatant misuse of
OUR taxpayer money.
No, Michele Obama does not get paid to serve as the First Lady and she doesn't perform any official duties. But this hasn't deterred her from hiring an unprecedented number of staffers to cater to her every whim and to satisfy her every request in the midst of the Great Recession.
Just think Mary Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing China for the
White House during the Civil War. And Mamie Eisenhower had to shell out the salary for her personal secretary.
How things have changed! Prepare to scream and then come to realize that the benefit package for these servants of Miz Michelle are the same as members of the national security and defense departments and the bill for these assorted lackeys is paid by John Q. Public:
> 1. $172,2000 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
2. $140,000 - Frye,
> Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy
> And Projects For The First Lady)
>3. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G.
> (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary)
> 4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President
> and Director of Communications for the First Lady)
>5. Winter, Melissa E. (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to
> the First Lady)
>6. $90,000 - Medina, David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First
> Lady)
> 7. $84,000 - Lelyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to
> the First Lady)
>8. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of
> Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)
>9. $70,000 - Sanders,
> Trooper (Deput y Director of Policy and Projects for the First Lady)
10. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
11. Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
12. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and
> Events Coordinator For The First Lady)
13. $60,000 - Fitts, Alan O.
> (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)
14. Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)
> 15. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy
> Press Secretary To The First Lady)
>16. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E.
> (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First
>17. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of
> Correspondence For The First Lady)
18. Tubman, Samantha (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
19. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of
> Staff to the First Lady)
> 20. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social
> Secretary)
> 21. Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
> 22. Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)
Canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652
There has never been anyone in the White House at any time that has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life. One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer expense, when even Hillary, only had
three; Jackie Kennedy one; Laura Bush one; and prior to Mamie
Eisenhower social help came from the President's own pocket.
Note:
This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and
"First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom travelled aboard Air Force One to Europe.
And before you start to say, "well they all did it", be sure to read
at the end of the article the numbers about how many staffers
some previous first ladies had. This is a new and blatant misuse of
OUR taxpayer money.
No, Michele Obama does not get paid to serve as the First Lady and she doesn't perform any official duties. But this hasn't deterred her from hiring an unprecedented number of staffers to cater to her every whim and to satisfy her every request in the midst of the Great Recession.
Just think Mary Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing China for the
White House during the Civil War. And Mamie Eisenhower had to shell out the salary for her personal secretary.
How things have changed! Prepare to scream and then come to realize that the benefit package for these servants of Miz Michelle are the same as members of the national security and defense departments and the bill for these assorted lackeys is paid by John Q. Public:
> 1. $172,2000 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
2. $140,000 - Frye,
> Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy
> And Projects For The First Lady)
>3. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G.
> (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary)
> 4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President
> and Director of Communications for the First Lady)
>5. Winter, Melissa E. (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to
> the First Lady)
>6. $90,000 - Medina, David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First
> Lady)
> 7. $84,000 - Lelyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to
> the First Lady)
>8. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of
> Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)
>9. $70,000 - Sanders,
> Trooper (Deput y Director of Policy and Projects for the First Lady)
10. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
11. Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
12. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and
> Events Coordinator For The First Lady)
13. $60,000 - Fitts, Alan O.
> (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)
14. Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)
> 15. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy
> Press Secretary To The First Lady)
>16. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E.
> (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First
>17. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of
> Correspondence For The First Lady)
18. Tubman, Samantha (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
19. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of
> Staff to the First Lady)
> 20. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social
> Secretary)
> 21. Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
> 22. Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)
Canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652
There has never been anyone in the White House at any time that has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life. One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer expense, when even Hillary, only had
three; Jackie Kennedy one; Laura Bush one; and prior to Mamie
Eisenhower social help came from the President's own pocket.
Note:
This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and
"First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom travelled aboard Air Force One to Europe.