This is bad and getting worse.
“Per the [first lady], please put lunch on Aug. 30th on the Governor’s calendar — the lunch is with a number of researchers and doctors that she is hosting that day. She wants the Governor to attend the lunch,” Sutherland wrote.
Katherine Harris, who was in charge of McDonnell’s schedule, responded that the governor wouldn’t be able to attend the lunch. He was traveling to Washington from Richmond that day for his monthly appearance on WTOP’s “Ask the Governor” radio program and would not return to Richmond in time.
“To make the most of going up there, we will be filling the day with other events/meetings and he will come home later that evening” for another mansion event, the scheduler wrote.
Sutherland responded: “The FL isn’t going to be happy about it.”
Harris then promised to discuss the matter with the governor.
Despite the objections of senior-level staff, McDonnell did indeed make a brief appearance in between handling post-earthquake and post-hurricane issues that August 2011 — at Maureen McDonnell’s apparent insistence.
Ouch.
Let’s hope we get to the bottom of this quickly.
