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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/06/14/MNG3DQF4U11.DTLFrom today's Chron (a real story, not like the fake LA Times POS)
The California Republican Party has decided no American is qualified to
take one of its most crucial positions -- state deputy political director --
and has hired a Canadian for the job through a coveted H-1B visa, a program
favored by Silicon Valley tech firms that is under fire for displacing skilled
American workers.
Christopher Matthews, 35, a Canadian citizen, has worked for the state GOP
as a campaign consultant since 2004. But he recently was hired as full-time
deputy political director, with responsibility for handling campaign operations
and information technology for the country's largest state Republican Party
operation, California Republican Party Chairman Ron Nehring confirmed in a
telephone interview this week.
In the nation's most populous state -- which has produced a roster of
nationally known veteran political consultants -- "it's insulting but also
embarrassing ... to bring people from the outside who don't know the difference
between Lodi and Lancaster ... and who can't even vote," said Karen Hanretty, a
political commentator and former state GOP party spokeswoman. ...
