OR 1st Lady Cylvia Hayes' Undisclosed Third Marriage Was to 18yr Old Immigrant

Hahahahaha! The Gov didn't know about it until yesterday, DOH!

http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-...rd_marriage_was_to_18_year_old_immigrant.html

Oh wait, this is from Willamette Week. According to many of you WW isn't a credible news source. Oh well, must not be true. They're just trying to make our Republican governor look bad.

 

The entire article is here - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-23203-first_lady_inc.html

 

Doesn't sound like it. More like she got $$$ to marry him.

 

There is 0 proof that they ever lived together. She lived on the west coast, he went to college on the east coast. His BBC ain't that long.

 

Did you even read the article?

They're engaged.

 

Cylvia Hayes may be the most influential first lady in Oregon history. Since Gov. John Kitzhaber took office in January 2011, Hayes, 47, has played a central role in his administration. She keeps a desk in the governor’s office, attends senior staff meetings and communicates regularly with agency directors.

She travels on trade missions to Asia and Europe not just as the governor’s partner, but as an important player conferring with other leaders. The bio she provided to the National Governors Association highlights her role as a “policy adviser to Gov. John Kitzhaber on the issue of clean energy and economic development.”

“We haven’t seen anyone quite like her before in that position,” says Charles Johnson, an Oregon historian and biographer of the late Gov. Bob Straub. “I don’t remember others having an office in the Capitol or being involved in policy, except very informally.”

Hayes does not draw a state paycheck. But Kitzhaber’s general counsel, Liani Reeves, told WW in August that under Oregon law, Hayes is considered a public official. That means her actions as first lady and as an adviser to Kitzhaber are governed by state ethics laws.

Hayes also has continued her outside work as a private consultant on energy and economic issues. Like the spouses and partners of other elected officials, she is pursuing her own career.

Public records and dozens of interviews with people who have worked with Hayes paint a complex picture. Hayes emerges as a strong, high-profile leader who moves effortlessly between her position as a public official and the work she performs as a private consultant.

Her dual roles have created tension in Kitzhaber’s office and have raised concerns that she may be violating provisions ORS Chapter 244, the state’s government ethics law. The law prohibits public officials from engaging in conflicts of interest, from using their positions for private gain and from using public resources for personal benefit.

As a public official, records show, Hayes has pushed for economic and energy policies while accepting payments from private advocacy groups seeking to influence those same policies.

In addition, Hayes has regularly directed her state-paid assistant to do work for her private consulting business. And she has used her title as first lady and as adviser to the governor at events when she was not representing the state but instead appearing as a paid consultant.

For example, Hayes last year spoke at a Maryland conference on sustainable economic development. She was billed as first lady of Oregon, even though she was appearing as part of a contract she had received from the conference’s sponsor, a New York advocacy group called Demos.

Records show Hayes last year signed new consulting contracts worth at least $85,000 for work that overlapped with her work in the governor’s office.

That’s more than three times the income Hayes reported on the 2012 tax return, which she provided to WW.

“If she uses the title ‘first lady’ or ‘adviser to the governor’ when she’s consulting for private companies, that’s problematic,” says former Oregon Supreme Court Justice William Riggs. “In effect, she’s selling her special relationship with the governor to clients from whom she’s getting a fee. It smells bad.”

Hayes declined to be interviewed for this story. In response to WW’s written questions, Hayes denied any wrongdoing.

http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-23203-first_lady_inc.html

 

Cylvia Hayes apologizes for 'illegal act,' marrying 18-year-old Ethiopian seeking green card, also admits tax fraud.


http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/...hayes_discusses_her_thi_1.html#incart_m-rpt-1

 

Oregon First Lady Cylvia Hayes Confesses to Breaking Federal Law By Taking Part In an Illegal Marriage to Immigrant

She admits she got $5,000 to marry an 18-year-old Ethiopian in 1997

http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-..._law_by_taking_part_in_an_illegal_marria.html




All the Answers Provided by Oregon First Lady Cylvia Hayes to Media Questions

http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-...rst_lady_cylvia_hayes_to_media_questions.html