[WarEagle]

"I can state categorically there was no communication from the governor to me or to any other member of the board concerning that contribution,'' said Josephine De Luca of Redwood City. ``We made the decision on the merits. It seemed to us it was the reasonable thing to do.''

You notice that she did not say they were not contacted by the Governor about the permit, she said they were not conacted about the contribution.

Damn, I thought the crooks in Montgomery were transparent. Evidently, the crooks in Sacramento have been taking lessons.

[Southack]

Naw. If even half of the politicos in Montgomery were truly on the take, we'd already have our existing Constitution scrapped so that they could tax the heck out of us (setting them up for campaign contributions for people who want exemptions from the new taxes).