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Sansom quietly changing Rubio's House
It's supposed to be a secret, but incoming House Speaker Ray Sansom, R-Destin, is making some personnel moves.
The Buzz is Clerk Bo Pittman and parliamentarian Leonard Collins have been told they will not be needed later this year. We previously reported that Mike Hansen will be Sansom's chief of staff, replacing Bob Ward.
"We've been told there will be no discussions about the transition until much later this year," House spokeswoman Jill Chamberlin replied when we asked about the changes.
Pittman became clerk under outgoing Speaker Marco Rubio after longtime clerk John Phelps retired in 2006. And Rubio created the $133,908 parliamentarian job the same year. He and Collins have a long history dating at least to the 1996 Bob Dole campaign. Sansom has not yet returned a phone call seeking comment.
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