Update: Another Democratic Leader Moves On The Reiner Situation

New West Notes ^ | 03-03-06 | Bill Bradley

[Amerigomag]

Assembly Majority Leader Dario Frommer, a Los Angeles area Democrat who was also a high-ranking aide to then Governor Gray Davis, has formally joined forces with state Senator Dave Cox, the Sacramento area Republican, in requesting a state investigation of the Rob Reiner-led California Children and Families Commission. This as a result of a letter to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee dated February 24th and recently uncovered. The committee meets on March 8th. During that meeting, as committee chair Nicole Parra, an ally of Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, told me on Wednesday, the committee is expected to authorize an investigation of the Reiner commission by the state auditor.

This now has all the earmarks of a Democratic legislative leadership issue, with bipartisan support coming initially from Republicans. With one of the big three gubernatorial candidates, state Controller Steve Westly, speaking out as well, one wonders where is his Democratic rival Phil Angelides? And of course, where is the man who could move more decisively than any other, Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger?

[Steamburg]

Is this just posturing or is Meathead so bad that he really does turn even the Democrat's stomach's?

[CounterCounterCulture]

[dfwgator]

He's still dead from the neck up.

[Brilliant]

I'm guessing that this is their strategy to make sure that Meathead does not run for governor. They don't want competition from him.

[Amerigomag]

They don't want competition from him.

I'd settle for a stay at Lompoc and forfeiture of Meathead's personal assets to reimburse California's tax payers about $25M.

[thegreatbeast]

This is one of those feel-good stories. Much fun will be had watching this pompous ass get his.

[finnigan2]

"He's still dead from the neck up."

- Having seen Reiner appear as a guest on several late night talk shows I was struck by his overall conceit and lack of intellectual weight. Imagine my surprise when he turned out to be a first time movie director who produced good, if not excellent, films such as Stand By Me and When Harry Met Sally.
The imagination and ability shown in these films did not strike me as coming from a man as " barely average" in every way as Reiner and I smelled a rat.
I would be willing to wager that the bulk of the credit for these films really belongs to talented newcomers hired on as "assistant directors" and the like, who were willing to work behind the scenes in exchange for the experience of participating on a major film - with Reiner taking all the credit of course.
Such a practice would fit right in to Reiners shifty hubris and behind the scenes rigging of funding for friends and other pet causes so as to be seen as a major player in California politics.

[NormsRevenge]

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