FIRE IN THE HOLE! "Whitman's ex-nanny believes housekeeper"..."I know the family"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Whitman's ex-nanny believes housekeeper

Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer
San Francisco Chronicle October 4, 2010 08:43 PM

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/05/MNJB1FO3BR.DTL



Jill Armstrong of Mountain View worked for Meg Whitman as a nanny in 1998, but she says she quit within a few weeks because the job was so difficult.

(10-04) 20:43 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Jill Armstrong says she has good reason to accept Mexican housekeeper Nicandra Diaz Santillan's tale of working in the household of GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman - because Armstrong herself was a domestic for the former eBay CEO.

"I totally believe" Diaz, Armstrong, 59, of Mountain View, said in an interview with The Chronicle. "I know the family. I know what it was like."

Diaz, an undocumented immigrant, on Wednesday publicly recounted her story of long hours and unpaid work for Whitman, charging that she was fired in June 2009 after nine years on the job after asking the gubernatorial candidate for help in getting legal immigration status.

Whitman has said she did not know Diaz was an illegal immigrant and was forced to let her go when she learned about it.

Armstrong, who worked for Whitman and her husband, Griff Harsh, during the summer of 1998, produced her W-2 form from that year, which reflects her stint as a full-time nanny for Whitman. Her hiring was confirmed by Palo Alto-based Town and Country Resources, the employment agency that placed Diaz with Whitman two years later.

'Had enough'

Armstrong said she quit after about two months because of the demands and difficulties of the job.

"I had enough," she said in an interview, describing trouble getting paid what she believed she was owed, and challenges in dealing with household chores and in supervising Whitman's two young sons.

[MannyGoldstein]

1. A gift that keeps on giving

Great stuff!

[xchrom]

2. This is better than chocolate. Nt

[malaise]

4. Chocolate?

This is better than sex - Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahahahahha :rofl:

[xchrom]

5. ...

:spray:

[Lint Head]

3. I say, Nannies for all! If a nanny is good enough for a republican

nannies are good enough for the entire nation. Republican's should be for a nanny and a maid in every household in the USA.
We could be a Nanny Nation thanks to the precedent set by so many fat cat re-pubics.

[Myrina]

7. ... problem with that ...

... Republicans want to be] everyone's nanny and tell us what to watch, what to wear, what NOT to do in our bedroom, who NOT to love or marry, etc etc ... this country does NOT need the nanny-ing the GOP offers.

[Uben]

6. Trouble getting paid?

My god, the woman has billions of dollars and can't pay her domestics a decent wage? I wouldn't vote for the cheap bitch if she had a halo over her head, not that I would ever consider voting for her. Karma will nail Whitman eventually. She will get what's due her.

[CanonRay]

8. Meg sure generates a lot of loyalty in her employees

I bet she's a complete asshole to work for.

[JoDog]

9. I have a friend

who used to work as a nanny in Ft. Worth. Don't know the political leanings of her employers, but she often had problems getting paid what she was owed. It was one of the reasons she left the profession.

[LynneSin]

10. Wow, Whitman has $120mill to waste on an election but can't pay the help

Hopefully every super filthy rich future politician sees this as a warning sign - you better make sure you take good care of your help so they don't bit you in the ass when you run for election.

Whitman has dumped over $120million dollars in this election and she's going to be brought down because she couldn't spend a few thousand to keep her domestic help happy and legal.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. allow me to me shallow for a moment and comment on that photo --

are the shadows odd? is she standing weird? is that a boob on her shoulder or :wtf:

as for Whitman :puke: