Talk:Linda Chavez-Thompson

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A fact from Linda Chavez-Thompson appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 September 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Linda Chavez-Thompson was the first woman, colored person, and Hispanic elected an officer of the AFL-CIO?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/September.

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I wonder why liberalism is mentioned in that first tag. If the distinction is between her as a current unionist vs. a former unionist, shouldn't that be what's mentioned? Also, are any of the articles available online? It would be nice to visit them if possible. – Scartol · Talk 14:55, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's because Linda Chavez, the former unionist (she used to be an AFT staff person), is now a very conservative Republican. She was nominated by Bush II to be Secretary of Labor. But the press found out that she employed an illegal immigrant as her housekeeper and hadn't paid income or SS taxes for her. She withdrew her nomination, very angrily. The "liberalism" tag was placed there by someone else, who clearly wanted to distinguish between the "liberal" and the "conservative" individuals. I agree, it could be NPOV.

I'm leery of linking to articles online. Most of the citations I used were found in libraries using reference texts, not online. The few which I was able to find online (like the NY Times articles) are pay-to-view. That's the problem with most newspaper articles: Newspapers very quickly (usually within 10-14 days) put them in a pay-to-view area, which makes linking to them useless. - Tim1965 18:24, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that's fair. Now that I think of it, most of the articles I've used lately are through library databases, which most folks can't access directly. I withdraw my question. (Remember that last line, from The Simpsons?) – Scartol · Talk 21:48, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

retirement?

Should the fact of her running for lt. gov in 2010 be under political work rather than retirement? Bshirley (talk) 16:00, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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