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http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/9857014.htm

Shelley hires investigator to question former aides

ELECTION OFFICIAL FACING PROBES OF FUND OVERSIGHT

By Dion Nissenbaum

Mercury News Sacramento Bureau


SACRAMENTO - Embattled Secretary of State Kevin Shelley has hired a private investigator to question former aides, using what one Republican strategist described as a Nixonian strategy to restore his credibility and save his job.

A Shelley press officer confirmed Wednesday that attorneys for the state's top election official had enlisted an outside investigator to help him deal with investigations ranging from his oversight of federal election funds to possible money laundering by a loyal political fundraiser.

In recent days, according to sources, the investigator has called former Shelley aides, some of whom have been reluctant to talk because of the secretary of state's well-known volatile personality.

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Why use a gun to steal when you can use a Democrat?

[Give Piece A Chance]

Gee, I wonder if the Democrat-controlled CA legislature will investigate Kevin Shelley as aggressively as they did Chuck Quackenbush. Herr Quackenbush, the former state insurance commissioner, was one of only two Republican office holders out of nine state offices and had also been accused of misusing his position for political purposes.

I am certain the Shelley brouhaha will be handled in the finest traditions of non-partisanship and objectivity that characterize California state politics.