Every once in a while I get some random entertaining press e-mail in my inbox that I just have to share. Today's could be the best yet.
The subject was something about tattooed librarians. I figured it would be some sort of cheesy joke about librarians and books and ink and ... ha, ha, ha.
Boy, was I wrong.
Reading further, the press release says the Texas Library Association's latest fundraising effort is an 18-month calendar featuring "librarians from school, public and
academic libraries, in various states of dress and undress, showing off
their tattoos."
Really.
You must see to believe.
And in other completely unrelated news, which is not as sexy, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, made some changes in her campaign staff today. Here's that press release:
Hutchison
Campaign Fills Key Staff Positions
AUSTIN – As Texans for Kay builds towards Kay Bailey
Hutchison’s formal announcement of her run for Governor in August, the
campaign has added to its political and communications team. This added depth
and experience will provide a solid footing as Senator Hutchison builds upon
the foundation created during the exploratory phase of the campaign.
“I’m so pleased to have Terry with me again for
this race. Terry’s strategic vision and experience in tough primary
campaigns will be invaluable over the next year,” stated Senator
Hutchison. “Jennifer, Jeff and Joe have been on the front lines of some
of the most hard-fought campaigns in the last decade, and their expertise will
help our campaign get our vision for Texas in the 21st century out
to voters.”
Terry Sullivan – Campaign Manager
Terry
Sullivan will serve as campaign manager for the campaign. Terry is returning to
Texas after having worked with Sen. Hutchison on her 2006 campaign.
“Young aide an old hand at battle” is how the Dallas
Morning News described Terry Sullivan. He is known as a hardball strategist
in heated campaigns. From his early career working as a youth coordinator for
Senator Jesse Helms to serving in leadership roles in multiple Presidential, US
Senate and Congressional campaigns including Senator Jim DeMint, Mitt Romney
and Steve Forbes, Terry has experience being in the toughest fights and
emerging victorious.
Terry is currently the managing partner in the political consulting firm First
Tuesday Strategies and the direct mail firm On The Mark. He is also a
co-founder in the political Web firm UnderThePowerLines.
Terry is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at
Wilmington.
Jennifer Coxe-Baker – Senior Communications Advisor
Jennifer Coxe-Baker will serve as a senior communications
advisor to the campaign. In this capacity she will oversee of all aspects of
the campaign related to communications. She brings to Texas more than thirteen
years experience in political communications and grass roots politics.
A veteran of numerous state and national campaigns, Jennifer has served as the
communications director in several hotly contested and high profile Republican
primaries, including U.S. Senator Mel Martinez' 2004 campaign and U.S
Congressman Van Hilleary's 2002 gubernatorial bid. She also served as
Congressman Hilleary’s campaign manager in the 2006 U.S. Senate primary
in Tennessee.
She has served as a senior communications advisor to the
Senate Republican Conference, communications director for Rep. John Linder of
Georgia, press secretary for the Bush-Cheney Victory 2000 operation and
director for regional communications at the Republican National Committee.
Most recently, she served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Public
Affairs under Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao.
Jennifer is a graduate of Florida State University.
Jeff Sadosky – Press Secretary
Jeff Sadosky will serve as press secretary and chief media
spokesperson for the campaign.
Most recently Jeff served as Communications Director in Sen.
Hutchison's Senate office. Jeff has worked for the past two
Republican nominees for President, first as Southwest Regional Coordinator for
President Bush's re-election campaign, and as Director of Regional
Communications for John McCain's campaign, where he managed more than a dozen
regional communications directors deployed across the country in battleground
states.
During the '08 presidential primary, he served as traveling
press secretary for Senator Fred Thompson's campaign. Prior to this, Jeff
was Press Secretary for U.S. Senator Mike DeWine and Communications Director
for the Republican Party of Florida.
Jeff is a graduate of James Madison University.
Joe Pounder – Deputy Communications Director
Joe Pounder will serve as Deputy Communications Director for
the campaign. In this capacity he will oversee the campaign’s rapid
response operation. Of Pounder, The Politico wrote, “Few
communications staffers on or off the Hill dominate
inboxes the way [he] does.”
Joe currently serves as Strategic Communications Director
for House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA). Before moving to Capitol Hill, he
worked as Rapid Response Director for both the McCain-Palin and Romney
presidential campaigns. He also worked as Deputy Research Director for the California
Republican Party in 2006 and began his career by joining the White House staff
of President George W. Bush where he worked in both Communications and
Presidential Personnel from 2004 to 2006.
Joe is a graduate of the George Washington University.
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