John M. Meyers. This Bush appointee's name doesn't ring a bell, does it? John is currently a leadership figure in the Office of Advance at the White House (either Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Advance or Special Assistant to the President for Operations and Deputy Director of Advance**). John makes in the neighborhood of $137,000 a year.
What is advance, you ask? Some people call it "event management." Others call it "front work." It's more than that. Everywhere the President, First Lady or VP goes, they have advance people. Advance people set the stage, order the lights, allow guests in, drive the motorcades, set up the photo lines. Advance people create the "pictures." Advance people control the media's access. In short, advance people are important but necessarily obscure and stealth. And the Advance Office is a wing of "Senior Advisor" Karl Rove's operation.
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