Karen Hanretty, spokesperson for the California Republican Party, just quit today, too:
http://www.flashreport.org/special-reports0b.php?faID=2005122010400631
These are the posts that few review and much is missed. Keep on digging and publishing. The totality of these seemingly unrelated changes paints an accurate portrait of California politics for the first eleven months of 2006 ... for those who wish to learn and discern.