The Rittenhouse Review

A Philadelphia Journal of Politics, Finance, Ethics, and Culture


Thursday, May 22, 2003  

AS IF ANYONE WOULD NOTICE
The Resignation of Christine Whitman

From today's Philadelphia Inquirer ("Whitman Quits at EPA, Saying She Misses Home," by Chris Mondics, May 22):

Former New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman said yesterday that she would step down as Environmental Protection Agency administrator at the end of June, bringing to a close a turbulent tenure in which she was buffeted both by industry and by environmentalists.

Yes, there was that, but she repeatedly was strong-armed by the White House -- at least when she wasn't being completely ignored there.

And in the New York Times ("Whitman Quits as E.P.A. Chief," by Katharine Q. Seelye, May 22), we read:

"This is the kind of job when you come home at the end of the day, you really like to have someone to sound off to, and the plants just weren't doing it for me," [Whitman] added.

Just one question: Is Whitman here talking about potted plants or electric-power plants?

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