"IF WE SACRIFICE THE CHICK CAN WE KEEP DASCHLE?":

Performance Czar Killefer Withdraws Candidacy (LAURA MECKLER, 2/03/09, WSJ)

Nancy Killefer, nominated by President Barack Obama to be the federal government's first chief performance officer, is withdrawing from the post, the White House said Tuesday. [...]

There was no immediate reason given for her withdrawal. But Ms. Killefer, 55 years old, failed to pay employment taxes on household help for a year and a half, the Associated Press reported. In 2005, the AP said, the District of Columbia filed a $946.69 tax lien on her home for failure to pay the unemployment compensation tax. The error was resolved five months later.

Ms. Killefer is the third Obama nominee to confront tax problems. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was confirmed despite disclosure about his failure to pay certain taxes. Tom Daschle, Obama's pick for Health and Human Services, is under scrutiny for his delinquent payment of some $140,000 in taxes and interest.

Just so you know which gender matters.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 3, 2009 2:37 PM