Two unrelated stories today dovetail quite nicely. John Aravosis takes issue with some who have apparently criticized him for the awful sin of actually making a tolerable living fighting the good fight for liberals. His post and the comments, are all worth reading. Steve Gilliard and Digby both have interesting things to say on the topic as well. I'm not going to excerpt any of the posts; click through and read them.
Then, at Confined Space (which should be a daily stop for labor news), Jordan Barab notices who crisis manager Chris Lehane works for when he's not working for Democrats:
Chris Lehane, 37, helped the Clinton White House spin the Whitewaterinvestigation, spoke for Vice President Al Gore on the 2000presidential campaign trail and advised former Gov. Gray Davis duringthe 2001 energy crisis and 2002 gubernatorial campaign.
Now he's working for KFM Joint Venture, the contractorbuilding the Bay Bridge's new eastern span. The Oakland Tribune hasreported welders' accusations that many of the project's welds aredefective and that unsafe working conditions existed on the job site.An FBI investigation is under way, and lawmakers are calling for probesof their own.
And it's not just the incipient construction fiasco that Lehane is helping KFM manage, but also the dispute between KFM and former KFM employees alleging unsafe working conditions and manganese poisoning.
