She made it official two weeks ago when she filed her financial disclosure form with the state, setting the stage for possible civil service protection should the Virgin Mayor’s trial go badly, and he’s forced to step down.
This confirms with our former Temporary boss told me over dinner one-night last week when her name came up briefly in our conversation – proving that he, at least, is still in communication with her.
The financial disclosure form listed her as personal secretary to the mayor, which is a position not likely covered under Civil Service. But it is revealing. It shows that she has no other income other than what the city pays her, and since another report out of city hall shows that she is about to get a raise of about $20,000, she obviously has finally advanced out of the extreme poverty in which she existed while working in our office.
The date of the filing was April 23, 2013; her raise is expected to come into effect this month.
How much our former temporary boss knows about her activities is uncertain, although he follows her on twitter and other social media, and talks to her from time to time, asking her to read his new novel manuscript for suggestions.
I get the impression she talks to him these days the same way she used to talk to the office gossips, boasting about things he intends to do, rather than giving him any real information about her life.
And he, for his part, is grateful for the continued contact – much the way her former husband is and others who did not offend her or turn into stalkers. Mostly, she tends to follow classic liberals and work-related issues, rather than individuals.
I do not pursue her as a subject when talking to our former temporary boss, but I get the impression he knows only what she tells him, just as he did when they worked together in our office – and that’s not much.
What justifies her raise in salary?
I suspect that she will be required to perform additional duties, as a political operative, not the personal secretary to the Virgin Mayor, and in Hometown, not the town listed on her state financial disclosure form.
There is a lot of money to be made in the Hometown election for someone savvy enough to tap in on the big pockets there.
Still the financial disclosure form was something of a surprise since I expected her to have income other than what the town paid her, freelance work of some sort in acting or writing or photography. Maybe she does those things on the side but has chosen not to reveal them – a wise move these days. She certainly isn’t likely to put down the funds her father has been giving her, or modeling work she might do for her brother.
Still, I thought she might still be writing food reviews or profiles since she is extremely gifted in that regard.
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