Posted on 04/27/2005 6:03:44 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SACRAMENTO - State Education Secretary Richard Riordan said Wednesday he will resign from his position in June, ending a sometimes bumpy term in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration.
The former two-term Los Angeles mayor and wealthy businessman gave no reason for his decision.
Riordan was an uncomfortable fit in the Schwarzenegger administration whose efforts to change public school funding and management were largely stymied by opponents.
His resignation was not a surprise to many in the Capitol who have anticipated him leaving after an incident last summer in Santa Barbara when Riordan jokingly told a child named Isis that her name meant "stupid dirty girl."
The remark provoked widespread criticism and calls for Riordan's resignation. He made a quick apology, but never seemed to recover.
Schwarzenegger said he regretfully accepted Riordan's resignation.
"Dick is a dear friend and someone I have always admired for his achievements, his sincerity, and an adventurous spirit that is distinctly Californian," Schwarzenegger said in a statement.
When it comes to the name Conservative, it don't mean Dick.
fyi
in the mid-1980's riordan and his catholic business buds bought and gave a helicopter to now archbishop maphony.
then a bishop, he was piloting his own airplane.
I wonder if something like that was the reason that the joke of a national education secretary we had in the first W administration resigned.
True -- it means RINO.
I hope they put someone else in who likes small school districts. We're still working on our effort to split San Jose Unified, and I was hopeful that Riordan would at least listen to our ideas if it went up to the state.
Hope the next person likes small school districts.
LOL.. I hope the next person knows his Egyptian better. ;-)
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