Posted on 10/29/2004 10:14:48 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
SACRAMENTO - Embattled Secretary of State Kevin Shelley on Thursday shook up his top management team five days before Tuesday's presidential election.
Most important, Mark Kyle, the undersecretary of state and Shelley's best friend, will be replaced immediately by a 23-year veteran of the agency, Cathy Mitchell.
Caren Daniels-Meade, Shelley's new assistant for communications, said ongoing investigations tied to the secretary were not a factor in the change, which she described as the result of ``mutual agreement.''
Daniels-Meade, who has worked in the secretary of state's office for three decades, said Kyle ``had given Kevin a two-year commitment. And he's found that he's spending far more time away from his family. He has young children.'' Kyle will continue to serve Shelley as a special counsel.
Earlier this month, the Mercury News reported that top deputies to Shelley, the state's chief elections official, enlisted government aides and used state resources to work on his political campaigns in possible violation of state law. And it was reported that campaign checks were shown to Kyle before being sent through state interoffice mail to the secretary of state's capital office.
State officials are auditing Shelley's use of federal election funds in the wake of reports that some contractors were involved in partisan activities. Kyle initially said he was satisfied with the work of the contractors, but Shelley later fired 19 of them.
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Ummmm...talk about CYA.
But since he is a Democrat, that's alright with him. :-/
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