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TexasTowelie

(118,038 posts) Sun Apr 19, 2020, 12:56 AM Apr 2020

Legislator's request for nail touch up ends with ethics complaint

Last Monday, Rep. Theresa Manzella posted a note on Facebook looking for someone to come to her home to do her nails.

"Any !!!UN-LISCENSED!!! (sic) Nail Techs out there willing to make house calls while this 'emergency' is going on?"

That post created a dust-up that ended with an ethics complaint filed against the legislator by a beauty industry professional to the Montana Commissioner of Political Practices.

In a statement Friday, Manzella maintained her post was intended as a “light-hearted plea for help” after her “nail lady” canceled her appointment due to the closures following the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hamilton Republican also said she regretted making a subsequent post on the petitioner's Facebook page calling her "a raging, unbalanced liberal."

Read more: https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/legislators-request-for-nail-touch-up-ends-with-ethics-complaint/article_5eb8d19f-8bea-5ed8-a33a-83839fad18da.html

An ethics complaint with the Montana Commissioner of Political Practices from a Hamilton salon owner was mailed Friday against Rep. Theresa Manzella following a dust-up on Facebook after the legislator asked for someone to make a house call to do her nails.

Rep. Theresa Manzella

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Legislator's request for nail touch up ends with ethics complaint (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2020 OP

Priorities, lady! murielm99 Apr 2020 #1

Yes, I grabbed the scissors the other night and trimmed my bangs TexasTowelie Apr 2020 #2

It's not your nails that need fixing... tazkcmo Apr 2020 #3

Funny... 2naSalit Apr 2020 #4

Both. Rhiannon12866 Apr 2020 #5

murielm99

(31,579 posts)

1. Priorities, lady!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Apr 19, 2020, 01:17 AM

Apr 2020

My nails and hair are pretty bad, too. I am not going anywhere, and I don't care about that stuff right now. I can trim my nails. I can trim my bangs and tie my hair up in a pony tail or wear a hat. Can't she figure out anything that basic?

I don't think she was making a joke. I think she is selfish and self-centered.

TexasTowelie

(118,038 posts)

2. Yes, I grabbed the scissors the other night and trimmed my bangs

Reply to murielm99 (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 19, 2020, 01:25 AM

Apr 2020

as well as around the ears. I cut about an inch from my bangs since I didn't like having hair in front of my eyes. I didn't do a great job, but considering that it will be weeks before I will even consider going to the barber I'm sure that it will grow out and the barber can fix any mistakes that I made. It had been about three months since my last haircut so I was due.