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California: State Senator rips politics behind Oracle deal. Says Davis officals caved.
San Jose Mercury News ^ | June 17, 2002

Posted on 06/18/2002 6:33:55 AM PDT by John Jorsett

Edited on 04/13/2004 3:29:27 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

SACRAMENTO - Issuing a blistering indictment of the Davis administration, the lawmaker leading the investigation into the Oracle deal concluded his inquiry Monday and blamed the failed contract on officials who bowed to political pressure.

Florez, a Bakersfield Democrat who has presided over two months of hearings, recounted in extraordinary detail how a powerful lawmaker and advisers to Gov. Gray Davis pushed a controversial software contract that ``was at a standstill before Oracle began pulling strings.''


(Excerpt) Read more at bayarea.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: calgov2002; davis; knife; simon

1 posted on 06/18/2002 6:33:55 AM PDT by John Jorsett
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To: Ernest_at_the_beach
FYI
2 posted on 06/18/2002 6:34:14 AM PDT by John Jorsett
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To: John Jorsett
The fascinating thing about this is this is a DEMOCRAT who chaired the investigation, and who is lambasting the Governor and his staff. Methinks Davis is dead meat against Simon in the fall.

Congressman Billybob

Click for: "Speaking without Talking -- Hearing without Listening."

3 posted on 06/18/2002 8:01:06 AM PDT by Congressman Billybob
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To: John Jorsett
What a bunch of incompetent self-serving jerks.
DUMP DAVI$ & the Den of Socialists



GO SIMON

4 posted on 06/18/2002 8:48:49 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: John Jorsett;Congressman Billybob;calgov2002 ;Carry_Okie; SierraWasp; Gophack; eureka!...
Whew!!!

We probably need a couple of more examples like this to bring down Davis though!

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5 posted on 06/18/2002 8:52:36 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Congressman Billybob
"The fascinating thing about this is this is a DEMOCRAT who chaired the investigation, and who is lambasting the Governor and his staff."

My thoughts too. Hard to figure out why. Florez could easily issue the standard "mistakes were made, are being fixed" statement but didn't. I would love to know the real reason for the ripping...

6 posted on 06/18/2002 8:57:42 AM PDT by eureka!
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Ernest, I have a worry. If Bray Davis realizes he is going to lose, he might step down. Then what? Simon v. Bustamante?

The Slave Party will do ANYTHING to stay in power.

7 posted on 06/18/2002 9:06:51 AM PDT by Carry_Okie
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The presstitutes are digging deeper than I'd have ever thought.
8 posted on 06/18/2002 10:30:58 AM PDT by Liz
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To: eureka!
Hard to figure out why. Florez could easily issue the standard "mistakes were made, are being fixed" statement but didn't. I would love to know the real reason for the ripping...

It possible that he's a Democrat with actual integrity. There's bound to be one or two.

9 posted on 06/18/2002 11:07:46 AM PDT by John Jorsett
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To: John Jorsett
Re#9 Perhaps. Hard to believe, absent knowing more about him. If so, definitely a rarity in the 'Rat party...
10 posted on 06/18/2002 11:09:53 AM PDT by eureka!
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To: John Jorsett;Ernest_at_the_Beach;Liz;Grampa Dave;generalissimoduane;RonDog
Back-pedaling

The reverse motion required for an 'Ungovernor' to 'undo' the discovering of 'influence peddling' from his office?
11 posted on 06/18/2002 12:57:49 PM PDT by d14truth
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To: Carry_Okie
HMMM!

We could win that , couldn't we?

Davis is going to quit???!

Where would he go to work?

12 posted on 06/18/2002 1:03:23 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: d14truth
ROFL!!!
13 posted on 06/18/2002 1:04:09 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Where would he work? I don't know precisely where, but I do know the required professional attire: One (each) orange jumpsuit. Lessee: Pelican Bay, Folsom, San Quentin...
14 posted on 06/18/2002 1:47:13 PM PDT by Carry_Okie
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To: John Jorsett
JJ posted, It possible that he's a Democrat with actual integrity. There's bound to be one or two.

Not in Kalifornicator, there are no Rats with integrity!

Is this so called upset Rat setting the stage for Davis to come out and apologize and receive back the votes he has lost with all of the bad publicity?

I have a feeling all Florez's remarks the past 2 weeks were written in LaLa land by those who get paid big bucks on how to fake out Americans in movie theatres and around their home tvs.

Remember during the Impeachment fiasco with the Bent One. At first glance it sounded like Chifi, Lieberman, Dirty Bryd and other rats were soundly condemning the Bent One. Then they voted to keep him around. The whole thing was a well coordinate act to make them look concerned for the sheeple.

I see Flores words, as a typical rat manuever to reduce the static electricity before a situation really explodes. I predict this great Rat, Flores, will do nothing to really whack Davis. This is all show and tell with no real punishment for wrong doings.

The same thing applies to all of these opeds. Yet I don't know of a single rat editor or publisher screaming for Davis's head to placed on a pike. If a repubie had done 1/10 of what Davis has done, there would have been movies, shows for tv and 24/7 coverage on tv and in the fishwraps screaming for the repubie's head.

15 posted on 06/18/2002 1:51:49 PM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: d14truth
LOL...HA....lol
16 posted on 06/18/2002 2:09:07 PM PDT by Mat_Helm
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To: Carry_Okie, ernest at the Beach
CO Posted, Where would he work? I don't know precisely where, but I do know the required professional attire:

One (each) orange jumpsuit.

Lessee: Pelican Bay (Grampa Day removed the gentler options)

17 posted on 06/18/2002 2:35:39 PM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: Carry_Okie
ROFL!!!
18 posted on 06/18/2002 4:46:16 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Carry_Okie
Excellent theory... With Bustamante comes La Raza and all the "Mexican Separationists" trappings..

Has GraYout Been Sent on a Mission to Self-Destruct AS Guv, Have Bustamante Step IN and Thus Let Their Real Goal Revealed, To Take Over a Sovereign State and FLy the Mexican Flag. Oaths don't mean much in Sacramento these days so nothing would surprise me

Wow..Cool theory.. Incredible and Scary .. But Davis is pretty darn close to having to give it up.
19 posted on 06/18/2002 5:03:12 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: Congressman Billybob
a DEMOCRAT who chaired the investigation, and who is lambasting the Governor and his staff

As I read the article, I kept waiting to see any comments by Flores about Gray Davis, but the worst charge was only about Davis' decision to fire four people after the scandal broke the news.

The author or Flores was careful always to blame other people instead of Davis. Otherwise, it's nice that Flores is saying some truths, but I doubt that anything will be done to change the practices of the vending-machine governor.

20 posted on 06/19/2002 3:41:22 AM PDT by heleny
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