Or maybe he's decided there's a better use for the cash. Like maybe a nice, quiet family vacation on a deserted island - somewhere where there are no lawyers, newspapers and, most important of all, no state agencies to investigate sexual harassment complaints. Irony du jour Political spinmeister Bill Christofferson, who's been orchestrating the mayor's aggressive response to Figueroa's sexual harassment complaint, didn't make it to the televised news conference by Norquist and Mudd on Friday. Christofferson was in Los Angeles for a taping of the TV show on which his son is the associate producer. Growing restless Things are looking so good for Gov. Tommy Thompson in a Bush administration that some of his top advisers have begun bickering over just what job is good enough.
Every day brings it closer.
That adviser said Thompson would be a natural fit at Health and Human Services, given his record on welfare reform. But another Tommy insider said the governor would prefer a different cabinet position, something like Transportation secretary or Commerce chief. This adviser said Thompson would not want to replace former University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Donna Shalala as the Health and Human Services secretary and that welfare reform has already been pretty much taken care of at a national level. Lt. Gov. Scott McCallum are busily going about the business of getting ready for a major job promotion. They say Sen. Alberta Darling remains the top candidate to be named his No. 2 even though her Senate seat is likely to go to Sheldon Wasserman, a Democrat.