The White House press release somehow fails to mention the “L” word, but “Lobbyist” is exactly how Ellen Williams of Kentucky described herself when she contributed $500 to Rep. Anne Northrup in February. Williams apparently had second thoughts about that particular job title when, a week later, she sent $300 to the Kentucky GOP, describing herself instead as “Self-Employed/Government Relations”. (The change in occupation probably had nothing to do with the Jack Abramoff guilty plea that preceded it.)

Williams returned to lobbying after resigning from her job as Commissioner of the Governor’s Office for Local Development in Kentucky. According to the Louisville Courier Journal, the office ”housed [Republican Governor Ernie] Fletcher’s Local Initiatives for a New Kentucky office, his constituent services arm that prosecutors have called a ‘corrupt political machine’ that helped fill state jobs on the basis of politics.” Williams claimed not to know of any “political role” for the office.

Williams’ first announced lobbying client was Kentucky’s Turfway Park, which hired her to “to lobby for expanded gambling in the state”.

In addition to omitting the word “Lobbyist”, the White House press release also conspicuously fails to mention any postal knowledge or expertise on the part of Ms. Williams, whose entire work experience has been as a GOP operative, political appointee, or lobbyist.

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