[nagdu] Schwarzenegger names nanny to guide dog board

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Schwarzenegger names nanny to guide dog board
The Associated Press
Article Launched: 11/06/2008 06:00:43 PM PST
SACRAMENTO, Calif.-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed his children's nanny to a board that oversees the guide dog industry. 
Lindsay Schnaidt, 32, will be a part-time state regulator on the Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind. She will be paid $100 each time the board meets, usually about eight times a year. 

Schwarzenegger spokesman Aaron McLear said Schnaidt, a former teacher, expressed an interest in serving California. She has worked for the family for seven years. 

"The governor always wants to give people an opportunity to serve," he said Thursday. 

Schnaidt fills a seat on the board that is required to go to a representative of the public rather than someone with a background in the guide dog industry, McLear said. 

The guide dog board regulates schools and individuals that train and supply guide dogs in California. It is among the boards Schwarzenegger had proposed eliminating as a way to control government spending.
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Schwarzenegger's nanny named to state board
9:00 AM, November 6, 2008
LA Times
California has often been tagged as the "nanny state" for passing laws that some people say interfere with citizens' lives. 

But now it has earned the label for a whole different reason, thanks to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The Republican governor this week appointed a nanny -- his own children's nanny, in fact -- as a part-time state regulator on the Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind.

 

Lindsay Ann Schnaidt, 32, a Democrat from Hermosa Beach who has worked for the Schwarzenegger family for seven years, will be paid $100 a day when the board meets, several times a year. 

"She expressed an interest in serving the people of California like many other Californians do," said Schwarzenegger's spokesman, Aaron McLear. "The governor wants those interested in serving to have that opportunity."

Interestingly, the guide-dog board is one Schwarzenegger proposed eliminating four years ago in his aborted plan to "blow up the boxes" of state government.

In any case, it isn't the first time he has pressed a personal connection into state service. He named his former chiropractor, along with a bodybuilder buddy who was the best man at his wedding, to the state chiropractic board.

Schwarzenegger also appointed -- and later dropped -- his brother-in-law from the state parks commission. The governor's office news release announcing Schnaidt's appointment Tuesday did not identify her as a Schwarzenegger household employee. It said she worked as a nanny for Oak Productions, his film production company in Santa Monica. 

That was an error, according to the governor's office. She is paid by Schwarzenegger personally.

"We don't need a nanny out here," said Paul Wachter, who manages Schwarzenegger's business at Oak Productions. "There's a whole separate world of the house people and the office people, and the house people are in the house and the office people are in the office.... We're, like, beyond meticulous on this stuff."

-- Michael Rothfeld from Sacramento 

Photo: A young black Labrador undergoes training to be a guide dog. Credit: Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times

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Our governor must have gone to the McCain School of Selecting Highly Qualified Appointees. 

Posted by: ldb | November 06, 2008 at 10:23 AM 

So, as reported in the story, Schwartzenegger will give anyone who wants to serve a spot on a State board at $100/day? Gosh, I wonder if any of the general public would like to do something similar?

Posted by: Sal B | November 06, 2008 at 11:36 AM 

If the nanny wanted to was interested why did she not volunteer to get experience, since obviously she has no formal training nor any experience as a state regulator. But to start at the top, while the other employees who have been working hard to achieve that position, is an injustice. This governor has no idea what he is doing. The irony is that he is doing it with your money. Get rid of him before he breaks the state.

Posted by: Helario | November 06, 2008 at 12:09 PM 

Is $100 a day considered outrageous. How many employers would consider a $12 employee who was a college graduate, responsible and willing to work for 7 years. Is not being responsible for four children a very demanding job and worth a heck of a lot more than 50% above minimum wage?

Posted by: Michael Kezirian | November 06, 2008 at 12:20 PM 

It's not $100 a day stupid! She will get a $100 when the board meets! Can't you fools read - Boards do not meet everyday - if anything they will probably meet once a month at the very most.

And so what if he appointed an employee - he is familiar with her work and she must do a dam good job if she has been employed for 7 years!

Bunch of nit picky ninnies!

Posted by: Leticia Christiansen | November 06, 2008 at 01:19 PM 

GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION AT IT'S BEST !!!!

ARNOLD'S NANNY !!!! 

WHAT'S HER QUALIFICATIONS ?????

Posted by: Bruce | November 06, 2008 at 02:12 PM 

Most of those on these boards in Department of Consumer Affairs have no formal training nor any experience as a state regulator. Also most of the Directors in Department of Consumer Affairs have no knowledge of the programs that oversea as they are appointed jobs a used as pay backs for support in campaigns.

Posted by: YoYo | November 06, 2008 at 02:16 PM 

I agree that if she wanted to serve the citizens of CA...let her volunteer in the field of her choosing first...THEN..apply for the position.

There are far more people qualified and willing to do that position...but AGAIN..it's who you know!


Posted by: Rosee | November 06, 2008 at 03:04 PM 

 



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