[Gophack]

This whole thing stinks. For Davis to claim that he didn't know about all this is ridiculous. A $25,000 check prompts thank you notes, often personal, and his campaign committee should have been alert that a state employee had in fact sent the check to them and alerted the campaign manager or Davis' chief of staff to find out what is what. This wasn't a little $100 donation, or even a $1000 donation that may gone under the radar screen.

Davis is a micromanager. Nothing goes on without his explicit approval. He can't have it both ways. Either he's stupid or corrupt, and I don't think he's stupid.

Dump Davis!

[eureka!]

Agreed. He is corrupt. Dan Walters had a piece months ago about a federal corruption/bribery case where certain records were sealed. (I think the bad guy was Nathan or Nathanson or somesuch). In any event, it involved the Coastal Commission and big $$$ for approval of developers' projects. The Sac Bee was trying to unseal the records because there was a "major unnamed politician" neck deep, the speculation being Grayout. His "John Doe" attorney on behalf of "John Doe" filed a federal action to keep the records sealed. I did not book mark the article and searched one day for an hour and couldn't find it. If my memory is correct, it would be sweet to see that bust open in the next couple of months....

[randita]

A $25,000 check prompts thank you notes, often personal, and his campaign committee should have been alert that a state employee had in fact sent the check to them and alerted the campaign manager or Davis' chief of staff to find out what is what.

Great point! Let's see if copies of such a TY note or memo to send one pop up and see how Davis wiggles out of it.