Whitman: "We Did Everything That We Could"

 

   According to article “Whitman: “We Did Everything That We Could”, on NBC news, Candidate Meg Whitman allegedly hired an illegal immigrant to work for her as a housekeeper. According to attorney Gloria Allred Whitman knew that her house keeper Nicky Diaz Santillan was undocumented and Whitman kept her employed until she decided to run for governor. On the other hand Whitman claims that these are false allegations. Whitman claims she let Santillan go because she was unaware that Santillan was illegal, and Whitman wanted to follow the law. Allred got a hold of a letter sent to Whitman from the Social Security Administration stating that the social security number provided for Santillan didn’t match the name on file. Whitman says she has never seen this letter. Whitman claims that these allegations were set up against her to distract voters from what really matters.

  This article is newsworthy because it deals with a political campaigain and a candidate who is wants to be Governor the state of California. People who support her are putting their trust in her that she will be a good leader, and people who do not support her will probably like her less after learning about this story. If this story is a true story it could ruin Meg Whitman’s chances of being the governor of California, because people will not trust her to run the state if she is lying to voters before she is even elected. If these allegations are false it could help clear her name.

    This is a relevant story because it focuses on someone who has could potentially have a powerful impact on the state. The conflict of this story is that Meg Whitman hired an illegal immigrant and she might have lied to the state about it. The people of California will lose trust in her if they find out her lying. The novelty of this story is that a person running to become Governor has hired an illegal immigrant, and that is breaking the law. The prominence of this story is Meg Whitman. Hits close to home for people that live in California because this is a person that might be the governor and they must trustworthy.

   

     This story is interesting because it just goes to show that there needs to be a watchdog for politicians. Its interesting because there are two stories there is the maids and the attorney’s story; which that Whitman knew that the maid she hired was an undocumented worker. The other story is that Whitman never knew that Santillan was illegal and when she discovered she was she fired her. This is interesting because there is two stories but the news doesn’t say which one is true, there is still more to investigate about this story.