posted on January 11, 2001 08:50:23 PM new
"Christie Whitman, President-elect Bush's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, acknowledged seven years ago that she had provided housing and money to an illegal alien couple. Whitman, now the New Jersey governor, disclosed in 1993 that she and her husband had employed two Portuguese natives for more than three years when they were in the country illegally. Whitman made the disclosure as she prepared to run for governor. She released the information because of the national attention that was being paid to Zoe Baird, President Clinton's early choice for attorney general, for failing to pay Social Security taxes for a nanny. Linda Chavez's nomination to be labor secretary is now being questioned because of an illegal alien who stayed in her home and received money." --AP, 1/8/01
But, of course, it's not as bad as having the head of the Department of Labor hiring illegal help (to do "chores" for "occasional money"
posted on January 11, 2001 11:11:55 PM new
I LOVE the phrase "Provided housing and money". Makes it sound like she was doing it out of the goodness of her heart and asking nothing in return. A Random Act of Kindness kind of thang. Why don't they admit that these people were doing the laundry and waxing the floors in return for the housing and money.
posted on January 12, 2001 07:22:39 AM new
Hello Snowy,
Actually there are some parts of New Jersey that are as pristine as any to be found in the Eastern states.
The Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey come immediately to mind as well as the Great Swamp in north central Jersey. And the northwest corner of the state is still quite beautiful.
On the other hand, anyone who knows New Jersey primarily by dint of driving the northeastern stretches of the NJ Turnpike or the Pulaski Skyway can not seriously take offense with your comment. Heheh
posted on January 12, 2001 11:35:37 AM newcodasaurus: I lived in South Jersey for 3 years and worked in Camden, so I didn't see the nicest parts every day. I got to drive the Atlantic City Expressway. I called it the under construction stopway.
The Pine Barrens are nice, but I never made it to the northwest corner.
