Posted on 06/27/2006 5:59:15 PM PDT by george76
State Sen. Mike Cooney, a well-known name in Montana Democratic politics, recently accepted an unadvertised $72,000-a-year job in state government.
Cooney said the job had nothing to do with political patronage and ...
Kelly also brushed aside the suggestion that Cooney got the job because he's a prominent Democrat.
Cooney, who served as secretary of state for 12 years ending in 2000, will begin work as head of the Department of Labor's Business Standards Division on July 10, said Keith Kelly, the state labor commissioner who heads the department.
Kelly, a Democrat appointed by Gov. Brian Schweitzer, said he approached Cooney about the job, which pays $72,451 and oversees the boards that license professions ranging from funeral home operators to barbers and cosmetologists...
Cooney now works for Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies, a statewide nonprofit that works on children's and family issues ( abortion ? )...
Cooney worked for U.S. Sen. Max Baucus...
(Excerpt) Read more at montanaforum.com ...
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