Legislator's request for nail touch up ends with ethics complaint [View all]
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."
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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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