OK, so I am not famous and probably never will be, unless I save a batch of puppies from a burning building. Just the same, it's not what you know, it's who you know. President Obama recently nominated a Park City local to join the Fed. Al Landon probably got this nomination because he was the head of Bank of Hawaii, but I would like to think it was also due to his participation in my year long Park City Leadership class a few years ago. Al and his wife Sue had a condo here in our April Mountain neighborhood for a few years.
Al is a great guy and serves on the boards of PBS and the Smithsonian. I hope his nomination goes more smoothly than the majority of Obama's judge nominations.
My microscopic role in the nomination was getting to be a part of his FBI background check for his security clearance. Of course, they wouldn't tell me why he needed a clearance and I never would have guessed something this grand. Glad I didn't make up any stories about lewd parties at his condo with drugs brought by the Cuban participants. Security clearances could be a lot more fun if the people doing them had a sense of humor.
Go Al!
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