Linda W. Botts:
Linda W. Botts is Wayne Curry’s former deputy chief administrative officer at a salary of $99,000/year. While still employed by Curry, Botts established Ashlin Management Group.
Botts quit her job with Curry at the beginning of August 1996. Two days later, county records show her firm received a $65,000 contract from the county. Before the end of the year, the county blessed her firm with another $475,000 contract. The Post’s research revealed that Botts’ company, Ashlin Management, so far has performed more than $1.6 million in contract services for the county, some of which were no-bid, non-competed contract awards.
Botts and her husband have contributed more than $18,000 to Wayne Curry’s two successful campaigns for Prince Georges County executive.
Botts’ first $65,000 contract with the county was to train her successor. (Most employers take a different route to train replacement personnel: they keep the incoming and outgoing individual on the payroll while the training takes place.)
