I couldn't find it in T or F or Snopes. The name of her Chief in
Staff checks out.
I found where the info came from: http://obambi.wordpress.com/
It double checks here: http://mommylife.net/archives/
Jackie Kennedy had a staff of five, Barbara Bush four, two were part
time for letters and invitations.
From the Canada Free Press:
Recession, Depression, What Michelle Worry?
First Lady requires more than twenty attendants
By Dr. Paul L. Williams Tuesday, July 7, 2009
By the staff of thelastcrusade.org
"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who
are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it"
--Albert Einstein "In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to
give back to this country that has given me so much," she said. "See,
that's why I left a job at a big law firm for a career in public
service, " Michelle Obama (Was that the $200k part-time Chicago
Hospital Job?)
No, Michele Obama does not get paid to serve as the First Lady and she
doesn't perform any official duties. But this hasn't deterred her from
hiring an unprecedented number of staffers to cater to her every whim
and to satisfy her every request in the midst of the Great Recession.
Just think Mary Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing china for the
White House during the Civil War. And Mamie Eisenhower had to shell out
the salary for her personal secretary.
How things have changed! If you're one of the tens of millions of
Americans facing certain destitution, earning less than subsistence
wages stocking the shelves at Wal-Mart or serving up McDonald
cheeseburgers, prepare to scream and then come to realize that the
benefit package for these servants of Miz Michele are the same as
members of the national security and defense departments and the bill
for these assorted lackeys is paid by John Q. Public: (Recognize the
name?)
1.. $172,2000 - Sher, Susan (CHIEF OF STAFF)
2.. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE
PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PROJECTS FOR THE FIRST LADY)
3.. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE
PRESIDENT AND WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL SECRETARY)
4.. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE
PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE FIRST LADY)
5.. Winter, Melissa E. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND
DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE FIRST LADY)
6.. $90,000 - Medina, David S. (DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE
FIRST LADY)
7.. $84,000 - Lelyveld, Catherine M. (DIRECTOR AND PRESS
SECRETARY TO THE FIRST LADY)
8.. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (DIRECTOR OF SCHEDULING AND
ADVANCE FOR THE FIRST LADY)
9.. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND
PROJECTS FOR THE FIRST LADY)
10.. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY
SOCIAL SECRETARY)
11.. Reinstein, Joseph B. (DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY SOCIAL
SECRETARY)
12.. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
SCHEDULING AND EVENTS COORDINATOR FOR THE FIRST LADY) 13..
$60,000 - Fitts, Alan O. (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ADVANCE AND TRIP DIRECTOR
FOR THE FIRST LADY)
14.. Lewis, Dana M. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT AND PERSONAL AIDE TO THE
FIRST LADY)
15.. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND
DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY TO THE FIRST LADY)
16.. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR
SCHEDULING AND TRAVELING AIDE TO THE FIRST LADY)
17.. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF
CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE FIRST LADY)
18.. Tubman, Samantha (DEPUTY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR,SOCIAL OFFICE)
19.. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE
CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE FIRST LADY)
20.. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (STAFF ASSISTANT TO THE
SOCIAL SECRETARY)
21.. Bookey, Natalie (STAFF ASSISTANT)
22.. Jackson, Deilia A. (DEPUTY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF
CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE FIRST LADY)
(How many are members of SEIU or Acorn, too")