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CA: Controller Westly blurs the partisan dividing line
Mercury News ^ | Jan. 24, 2004 | Ann E. Marimow

Posted on 01/24/2004 12:33:38 AM PST by calcowgirl

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:49:27 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

SACRAMENTO - As Democratic state Controller Steve Westly stumps side by side with the celebrity Republican governor for two budget ballot initiatives, the former eBay executive is navigating a fine political line, with occasionally awkward results.

Last week, he apologized to Democrats for siding with Schwarzenegger, without warning, over the car tax cut. A few days later, at the Democratic state party convention in San Jose, Westly denounced the governor

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: calgov2002; prop57; prop58; stevewestly

1 posted on 01/24/2004 12:33:39 AM PST by calcowgirl
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