Scott Brown's (R--centerfold) daughter was paid $9,500 to sing at campaign events

[WI_DEM]

(I guess this isn't a huge deal, but I thought it was funny. Probably the only way she can get a paying gig):

Family members often help out on campaigns, stuffing envelopes, making phone calls, and smiling on stage. Usually, it’s for free.

Senator Scott Brown’s campaign has spent $9,500 since December 2010 to pay his daughter to sing at three campaign events, including a pair of Christmas parties.

Ayla Brown, a performer and a onetime “American Idol’’ contestant, has been part of Brown’s appeal since he won a special election in 2010.

Brown, a Republican, is now locked in a tight race against Elizabeth Warren, the likely Democratic nominee. His payments to his daughter appear in his campaign finance reports as disbursements to Ambient Entertainment LLC, Ayla Brown’s representative.

http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/02/03/senator-scott-brown-pays-daughter-sing-campaign-events/aoRWtqgUHOwF0Z26MVm8wL/story.html

[Scuba]

1. Grifters, one and all.

[gopiscrap]

2. Maybe I'm wrong but I thought

it was illegal for family members to be on campaign payrolls: nepotism and all that?

[ProdigalJunkMail]

4. definitely NOT illegal... n/t

[ProdigalJunkMail]

3. well, $9500 was paid to the agency that manages the band

and there are at least three people (inclusive of the daughter) in the group. It was spread across three events, so it works out to be more like $1000 per event...for musicians it may not be that far off the normal going rate.

sP

[Broderick]

9. cheap

[immoderate]

5. Can she sing?

I mean like better than Mitt Romney.

--imm

[joeybee12]

6. If you accidentally step on a cat's tail...

That's cat's voice is more harmonious than Mitten's.

[bigwillq]

7. Hear for yourself

[immoderate]

11. Thanks. I would rate her as legitimate.

Not my favorite, but she can sing.

--imm

[bigwillq]

12. No prob

I agree. She does have a decent voice.

[immoderate]

14. Go Giants!

I'm from NYC.

--imm

[bigwillq]

16. I hope!

So excited!

[SunsetDreams]

8. I think she has a beautiful voice.. here

[HopeHoops]

10. Centerfold? Seriously?

[aikoaiko]

13. Seriously.

He posed nude for Cosmo in their "centerfold" piece back in the dark ages of 1982.

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/celebrity/news/scott-brown-nude-in-cosmo

[HopeHoops]

15. Oh. Him. I can see that.