I've never been much offended by nepotism. If a person is qualified for the job -- and it looks like this woman is more than qualified -- then it shouldn't matter who gets the job. If they f$ck up, that's a different story, but you don't have to be related to someone to be horrible at your job.

According to the Freep, which has a better description [[and more accurate article title, BTW) of the situation than the News, she's being hired as a "constituent relations specialist" and has 30 years of customer service experience. Sounds like as good a prospect as you can find for such a job. We'll see. I sometimes get the feeling that people like to bitch "just because".