President Obama's nominee for chief performance officer is out. Failure to pay taxes -- again.
WASHINGTON - Nancy Killefer has withdrawn her candidacy to be the first chief performance officer for the federal government, the White House said Tuesday.
"She has withdrawn and we accepted her withdrawal," a White House spokesman told reporters. The spokesman declined to comment on the reasons and said more information would come later.
What was the transition team doing when they allegedly "vetted" these candidates? We have three cases already of nominees who failed to pay taxes that were due. This track record looks no better than Clinton's.
Remember Joceyln Elders and Kimba Wood?
Welcome to redux world.
When her selection was announced by President Barack Obama on Jan. 7, The Associated Press disclosed that in 2005 the District of Columbia government had filed a more than $900 tax lien on her home for failure to pay unemployment compensation tax on household help.
Since then, administration officials have refused to answer questions about the lien, which she resolved five months after the lien was filed.
Can anyone tell me why nominees were not required to submit their tax records to the transition team? All this could have been avoided.