Projo Politics Blog

It’s musical chairs time again in the governor’s Office of Constituent Affairs.

Charles “Chuck” Hollis, who has been in and out of the governor’s suite since he was first hired in 1995 by then-Gov. Lincoln C. Almond, moved late last month into an opening at the Division of Motor Vehicles.

As head of constituent affairs since the May 2006 departure from that job of onetime congressional candidate Dave Rogers, Hollis was making $76,506 a year.

As the newest assistant motor vehicles administrator for customer services, Hollis now makes $84,441.50 a year. (His predecessor, Darlene Walsh, departed for a job in the court system.)

Before returning to the State House last year, Hollis served as clerk of the Newport County Superior Court.

In Hollis’ place in the constituent affairs office, the governor has once again assigned Sandra Winslow, a Republican Party stalwart who has worn many hats since she started work at the State House in February 1984, including most recently, Republican Governor Carcieri’s $71,192-a-year “special projects coordinator,” according to the state personnel office.

Title aside, her actual role until recently has been assistant to the director of the governor’s office of municipal affairs.

Since 2003, five individuals — including Winslow — have filled the role of manager of the Constituent Affairs Office, according to Carcieri spokesman Jeff Neal. “We have no plans to hire someone to fill the position Ms. Winslow vacated,” he said, or “to replace Mr. Hollis.”

As president of the state Federation of Republican Women, Winslow is also a member of the state GOP’s executive committee.

jmulligan@belo-dc.com

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