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Posted on 05/12/2002 10:45:14 AM PDT by randita
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:50:29 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Gray Davis, whose written policies warn aides against mixing policy and politics, used his Capitol office and had a top government aide with him when he requested a $1-million campaign donation from the California Teachers Assn., people who attended the Valentine's Day meeting said.
California Teachers Assn. President Wayne Johnson said Davis made the solicitation during a talk that focused primarily on policy issues.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
"We must make every effort," the memo concluded, "to distinguish between official state functions performed with state resources, and private political activities that cannot be supported with public funds."
In a second memo, called "Standards of Ethical Conduct," Davis told his appointees that they may not use "the prestige or influence of a state office for the appointee's private gain or advantage, or the private gain or advantage of another."
BWAAAAAAHHHHAAAA!
We do have this:
Davis Administration Faces FBI Probe on Oracle Contract, Gift
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Here is a direct Link to the Times article, !
Davis is bleeding from a thousand cuts.......:-)
State law bars officials from actually accepting campaign checks in the Capitol but does not prevent them from asking for money on state property. Still, many elected officials in Sacramento decline to discuss donations when they are in the statehouse, preferring to make such requests while at campaign offices scattered near the Capitol.
I thought the article on the Oracle scandel said that the Governor received the contribution in the Governor's office. I am pretty sure that is what one of the articles said. If so, this could start to get real interesting.
Telling.
"Are we going to require that he go across the street every time he wants to fund-raise?" Stern said, though he added that he was troubled that the pitch came during a discussion of policy issues."
Does the governor fund-raise so much that this would be a problem? Who's running the government while Davis is doing all of this fundraising?
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