WILL IT STILL BE HER SENATE?
ACTION DOES. ACT TODAY.
Posted on 10/29/2002 7:00:05 AM PST by BibChr
Nearly 10 years after they were first leveled, accusations against Gov. Gray Davis were unsealed Monday. They portray him as aggressively pushing for coastal projects so he could pursue contributions from developers and others seeking permits.
The accusations, which the governor and his supporters have consistently denied, were never investigated after being provided to Sacramento federal prosecutors by a convicted felon starting in 1993.
"The governor is not going to have an argument with a convicted felon and admitted perjurer," Davis political consultant Garry South said. "The charges are false."
Prosecutors have said that the alleged actions by Davis, even if they occurred, may not have been illegal. Davis, as an assemblyman and state controller, had no authority over Coastal Commission matters or appointments.
The documents were unsealed by U.S. District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton after a three-year legal battle by The Bee to gain access to them. The Bee began reporting Mark L. Nathanson's allegations more than two years ago. Nathanson went to prison in 1993 for extorting payments from people seeking permits to build on the Southern California coast.
The letters reveal the names of people who had business before the Coastal Commission and whom Nathanson claims Davis discussed as potential or past contributors. Two of the people named have contributed to Davis campaigns while he was an assemblyman and controller. No record of contributions from a third person was found, but Monday that person told The Bee he may have contributed a few hundred dollars to Davis.
The documents depict Davis as a career politician who met regularly with Nathanson at a Beverly Hills restaurant -- when Davis was an assemblyman and later when he was controller -- to strategize about soliciting contributions from some of the state's most prominent developers and others after they had won approval of variance applications before the Coastal Commission.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
Much as I despise and loathe The Bee, they did pursue this for three years.
If you want excellent commentary and can do it, listen to Eric Hogue RIGHT NOW (5-9 am PST) on 1380 KTKZ in Sacramento.
Dan
But he'll go to a fundraiser with an admitted perjurer and probable felon...
Dan
Just like Hillary saying Bush was selected, not elected ... at a fundraiser for Jean Carnahan. It's really a bizarre phenomenon - they can utter this nonsense with both a straight face and no apparant awareness for the absolute irony of what they are saying.
It will if the media gives it half the legs it gave Simon's last silly little gaffe.
Two days of as intense coverage should be enough, but I've got a feeling this story won't last the day.
If it had been a republican, the judge would have invited the media in for a free-for-all broadcasting of every allegation.
WILL IT STILL BE HER SENATE?
Dan
Ditto 'dat !
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Back me up {$$$}, and I'll open the sewer doors for you.......................
76 were approved
24 are being worked on
0 were rejected
{now THAT'S a good investment!}
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Give this to friends, walk your neighborhood, take it to stores, give a wad of 'em to your school, hand some out at your house of worship, at clubs, at stores and small businesses...
Let's retire Gray Davis!
Let's show the media and RINOs that "It's the base, stupid!"
Let's show Gray Davis that money can't buy him love ...or re-election!
Freepers and RLC activists can claim considerable credit for nominating Bill Simon, so now let's elect him!
I guess it's all who the convicted felon is accusing ...
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