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Oracle prober loses post
Sac Bee ^ | 7/3/02 | Dan Smith

Posted on 07/03/2002 11:50:38 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

Edited on 04/12/2004 5:40:03 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Assembly Speaker Herb Wesson on Tuesday stripped the committee chairmanship from the crusading legislator who probed the Davis administration's computer software deal with Oracle Corp. -- just as his audit panel was about to investigate Davis' handling of veterans affairs.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: florez; oracle; prober; sacked
FLOREZ for Lt. Governor
DUMP DAVI$ & the Den of Socialists



GO SIMON

1 posted on 07/03/2002 11:50:38 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
"For all of (Florez's) strengths, one of his weaknesses was he operated in isolation of the other committee members," Keeley said. "He's not somebody who would be characterized as a collegial member."

GOOD! Sounds like Florez has a spine and a brain.

2 posted on 07/03/2002 11:55:37 AM PDT by evolved_rage
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To: NormsRevenge
"From (Wesson's) perspective, as we move deeper into the effort to get a budget, it was important for members to understand that their primary responsibility is to be present on the floor," said Assemblyman Fred Keeley, D-Boulder Creek, whom Wesson appointed to take over the audit committee chairmanship
And by taking someone off of an investigation into exactly how the state wastes money and call him out on voting for spending more money on greenhouse gas laws is how you do it?
3 posted on 07/03/2002 12:27:36 PM PDT by lelio
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
fyi
4 posted on 07/03/2002 1:16:23 PM PDT by Free the USA
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