Ex-Bushy, Red Cross Prez Steps Down After Receiving Inappropriate "First Aid" From a Subordinate

Posted by GottaLaff , Brave New Films at 6:46 AM on November 28, 2007.

This post, written by GottaLaff, originally appeared on Cliff Schecter's Brave New Films Blog

No matter where you look, there's a scandal. Now it's the Red Cross:

Red Cross President and CEO Mark W. Everson has stepped down after revelations he was "engaged in a personal relationship with a subordinate employee," the organization announced Tuesday.

Come again? (What did you expect, a serious piece? Oh! Did I just say "piece"?)

By the way, the "other woman" is still employed there.

Everson, 53, said in a written statement that he was leaving the $500,000-per-year job "for personal and family reasons, and deeply regret it is impossible for me to continue in a job so recently undertaken."

Everson -- who is married and has two children -- joined the Red Cross as president and CEO last May.

How unusual! A Republican family man with a secret lover!

About Everson, [Chief Public Affairs Officer Suzy C.] DeFrancis said, "We're grateful for his service."

I bet at least one person is! Bada BING!

Everson had worked in the Bush administration from August 2001 -- including serving as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service -- until he was hired by the Red Cross.

I wonder how long his Form 1040 is. My guess? He uses the short form.

Tagged as: bush administration, sex scandal, red cross, everson

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