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Norm
Posted on 05/06/2002 5:00:54 PM PDT by TenthAmendmentChampion
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Gray Davis called Friday for an investigation by Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer into an embarrassing and apparently overpriced $95-million software contract with Oracle Corp., and accepted the resignation of a department head who had a hand in negotiating the deal.
The Democratic governor's moves, announced after 6 p.m. Friday, come amid a legislative investigation into the deal and a highly critical state auditor's report. With Davis facing reelection, the contract, coupled with campaign donations from Oracle, gave fodder to his challenger, Bill Simon Jr...
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...Oracle donated $25,000 to Davis in June, shortly after the state signed the contract with the firm. It contributed an additional $20,000 to Davis' reelection campaign in February. Logicon is not among Davis' donors. But its parent company, Northrop Grumman, has donated $55,993 to the governor's campaign committee.
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