Posted on 05/07/2002 3:44:35 AM PDT by heleny
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:50:26 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Coulda, shoulda: If Gov. Gray Davis' Cabinet minions had heeded his incessant lecturing, they would have avoided the state's embarrassing software scandal.
Davis' lecture goes like this: When somebody says you must act now, that's when you freeze. Beware. Be skeptical.
Or, as Cabinet Secretary Susan Kennedy puts it: "If somebody comes to you and says, 'I need something and it has to be right now,' the answer is 'No.'
"Where I failed was, I broke the cardinal rule."
Kennedy added the final, crucial signature on a "governor's action request"
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For some real insight go to this link re how the lawyer was not allowed any time on this issue: (lawyer tells of tremendous pressure to approve of Whoreacle Gate)
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