Posted on 09/29/2005 3:15:44 PM PDT by SmithL
Democrats in the state Senate rejected his choice to head the California Air Resources Board, so Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger found a new job Wednesday for controversial appointee Cindy Tuck that doesn't require Senate confirmation.
Tuck, rejected on a party-line vote earlier this month by Senate Democrats who said she was more concerned with protecting business interests than the environment, was appointed assistant secretary for policy at the California Environmental Protection Agency.
The agency, where Tuck will advise the secretary on a variety of policy issues, can influence the air board and the position denied to her by Senate Democrats.
"She is well-qualified and the state will be well-served by using her expertise in the environmental area," said Margita Thompson, the Republican governor's press secretary.
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