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Calif: FPPC urged to act on Bustamante. Watchdog shouldn't just watch, state Sen. says
Sacramento Bee ^ | October 3, 2003 | Sam Stanton

Posted on 10/03/2003 7:07:09 AM PDT by John Jorsett

Edited on 04/12/2004 5:58:30 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Continuing his assault on the campaign spending tactics used by Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, a prominent Republican state senator demanded Thursday that the Fair Political Practices Commission step into the controversy. "You are a political watchdog," Sen. Ross Johnson, R-Irvine, told the panel at its regular monthly meeting. "A watchdog can't just sit back and watch. From time to time you need to at least bark, and sometimes bite."


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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: bustamante; calgov2002; proposition54; recall

1 posted on 10/03/2003 7:07:09 AM PDT by John Jorsett
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To: John Jorsett
"This is not rocket science. It doesn't require some careful investigation."

I wonder if he deliberately used that "rocket science" line that Bustamante uses all the time.

2 posted on 10/03/2003 7:09:05 AM PDT by John Jorsett
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Lighten Up, Francis!
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4 posted on 10/03/2003 9:12:52 AM PDT by DoctorZIn
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