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CA: Jury hits Eastin with a penalty ($150K Punitive)
Sac Bee ^ | 12/7/02 | Edgar Sanchez

Posted on 12/07/2002 1:30:46 PM PST by NormsRevenge

Edited on 04/12/2004 5:46:40 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

She owes $150,000 -- plus $1.3 million awarded earlier -- to a demoted state whistle-blower.

California's outgoing superintendent of public instruction should pay $150,000 in punitive damages to a whistle-blower who was demoted for reporting fraud, a Sacramento Superior Court jury decided Friday.


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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: eastin; penalty
See CA: Jury stings education chief, state (WhistleBlower suit)
1 posted on 12/07/2002 1:30:46 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
Eastin's goin' down!!!
2 posted on 12/07/2002 1:32:54 PM PST by Commander8
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To: NormsRevenge
"I'm not a person of means, as you can see," she said, estimating her assets at about $1.2 million

Er...

3 posted on 12/07/2002 1:41:44 PM PST by Grut
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To: NormsRevenge
It makes me SO HAPPY to see that she's not gonna be able to just slip away quietly after the mess she's made of California's schools. Despicable woman.
4 posted on 12/07/2002 2:17:01 PM PST by EggsAckley
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To: EggsAckley
It makes me SO HAPPY to see that she's not gonna be able to just slip away quietly after the mess she's made of California's schools. Despicable woman.

Not used to seeing such wishful thinking from you. The legislature will look out for one of its own ("but for the grace of god go I") and will cover this judgment, exploding deficits or not.

5 posted on 12/07/2002 2:32:04 PM PST by ambrose
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To: ambrose
You may be right, but I sure hope you're not. ;o)
6 posted on 12/07/2002 2:37:35 PM PST by EggsAckley
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To: NormsRevenge
But isn't the new person going in just as liberal? Or worse even?
7 posted on 12/07/2002 5:50:02 PM PST by I_Love_My_Husband
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