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CA: Jury stings education chief, state (WhistleBlower suit)
Sac Bee ^ | 12/5/02 | Ramon Coronado

Posted on 12/05/2002 11:29:43 AM PST by NormsRevenge

Edited on 04/12/2004 5:46:36 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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From Oracle to education... What neXt?
1 posted on 12/05/2002 11:29:43 AM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Saundra Duffy
Ping
2 posted on 12/05/2002 11:31:26 AM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
The idea is that these government officials will be free to DO THEIR JOB from fear of being sued

As indeed they are. But they are not free to break the law by covering up misuse of funds and retaliating against employees who blow the whistle on the cover-up. Honest, law-abiding government officials have nothing whatsoever to fear from decisions like this.

3 posted on 12/05/2002 11:38:15 AM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: NormsRevenge
Couldn't happen to a nicer "lady". Delaine Eastin is soooo corrupt!!!
4 posted on 12/05/2002 11:40:14 AM PST by Saundra Duffy
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To: TxBec
California Home School *ping*
5 posted on 12/05/2002 11:47:40 AM PST by notpoliticallycorewrecked
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To: Grampa Dave
Ping
6 posted on 12/05/2002 11:51:00 AM PST by NormsRevenge
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RECALL DAVI$ EASTIN ;-)
7 posted on 12/05/2002 11:52:52 AM PST by NormsRevenge
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re:"The idea is that these government officials will be free to do their job from fear of being sued," Sims said.)))

Why should they be so free? Let them be sued, like everyone else. And if they don't like it, change the civil suit laws.

8 posted on 12/05/2002 11:58:10 AM PST by Mamzelle
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To: Dark Wing
Great fun!
9 posted on 12/05/2002 12:02:28 PM PST by Thud
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To: Saundra Duffy
Another fine East Bay product ... in the vein of Stark, Tauscher, Eshoo, Babrabra BeZerkley Berkely Lee ...
10 posted on 12/05/2002 12:07:45 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
Sometimes the bull wins the bullfight. Ole!!
11 posted on 12/05/2002 12:08:26 PM PST by Howie
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Clcik here for KCRA-TV.com article in entirety.

SACRAMENTO, Calif -- A Sacramento man who blew the whistle on the California Department of Education, discovering millions of dollars in fraud, has won his lawsuit, and he won big.

A Sacramento jury awarded whistleblower Jim Lindberg (pictured, right) $4.51 million in compensatory damages in a Sacramento courtroom Wednesday. A jury will still have to determine how much, if any money will be awarded in punitive damages.


12 posted on 12/05/2002 12:24:48 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
Much better outcome than the "take a 12 guage to work option", although both send shivers through the spines of the oppressors.
13 posted on 12/05/2002 1:22:26 PM PST by Howie
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To: NormsRevenge
Seems like to me, that there should be some criminal charges as Eastin Enroned the Education Department: Investigations later found cases of embezzlement. Education Department officials were unable to account for $11 million in taxpayer funds.

Excuse me, those are just the taxpayer $'s and these Rats did it for the chilrun.

If we had a halfway decent newspaper in the state, Eastin would be in jail and trying to plea bargin.

They stole 11 million $'s. That qualifies as a felony!

14 posted on 12/05/2002 5:58:08 PM PST by Grampa Dave
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And then they cry "Not enough teachers/classrooms!!!"

Can you imagine if these were Republican "Big Oil" people?

bump
15 posted on 12/05/2002 7:12:06 PM PST by Howie
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They stole 11 million $'s. That qualifies as a felony!

Let's start our prosecution with Eastin and work our way up to the big enchilada Gray Davis!!!

16 posted on 12/05/2002 11:09:38 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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If Eastin had been a Repubie, every maggot fishwrap in Kali would be crying on the front page, editorial page and comics for her head.

However, since she is a top rat in the DemonicRat Criminal Party, nothing will be done.
17 posted on 12/06/2002 6:01:27 AM PST by Grampa Dave
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I can't remember the name of the Rat who had Eastin's job about 10 years ago. He and his wife had some book racket going for them that was so bad even some rat teachers turned them in.

He resigned, paid a small fine and bought a vineyard and winery with what they made from him approving the books deals his wife was associated with.

The maggot infested fishwraps barely carried anything about this entire mess. If they did the story was sanitized so that it appeared the whistleblowers were the evil people.
18 posted on 12/06/2002 6:04:18 AM PST by Grampa Dave
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To: NormsRevenge
Never mind this........what about those pesky, out-of-control, non-regulated, uppity HOMESCHOOLERS?????
19 posted on 12/06/2002 6:11:36 AM PST by Lizavetta
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I can't remember the name of the Rat who had Eastin's job about 10 years ago. He and his wife had some book racket going for them that was so bad even some rat teachers turned them in.

Don't forget that Dianne Feinstein's husband is knee-deep in the California textbook industry.....of course, his wife being a Senator would have no bearing on the likelihood of the state actually buying his books, don'tcha know.

20 posted on 12/06/2002 6:15:25 AM PST by Lizavetta
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