Blunt seats two political allies on state boards
Two young but seasoned Missouri Republicans were named to state boards by Gov. Matt Blunt on Wednesday.
Blunt’s former chief of staff, St. Louis lawyer Ed Martin, 37, was tapped for a full term on the State Park Advisory Board.
Martin was initially appointed to the post in February, to fill the remainder of an unexpired term. Martin, of course, left the governor’s office in November, amid a public records controversy that continues to fester.
Also receiving a nod is Gregg Keller, who turns 31 tomorrow. He takes a seat on the state Humanities Council that expires in 2016. (Yes, an eight year term.) Keller was campaign manager for former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent and worked on the presidential campaign of Mitt Romney, who was Blunt’s choice for the White House.
Keller was recently named vice president of Total Spectrum, a government affairs outfit in Washington.
Let me get this right, he appointed someone that lives and works in Washington DC to a position in our state government? Would it not make more sense to have someone that is here in Missouri to do that?
Tom - Just because the company is based in Washington, D.C doesn’t mean that Keller lives there. Laptops, blackberry’s, cell phones, and internet access means that a person can work from a company virtually anywhere. It’s called telecommuting, and a heck of a lot of people do it.
Keller is a quality, standup guy. A very deserved and wise appointment.
I hope he does live and work in DC. I shudder to think what a guy from the Talent/Romney camps will do to humanities development and funding. This is Blunt’s version of appointing Bolton to the U.N. The most expedient way to destroy something is to hire one of its sworn enemies to oversee it.
Did that say Ed Martin was “tapped” or “taped”?