Posted on 05/30/2002 12:25:51 PM PDT by kattracks
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 30, 2002 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Another aide to Gov. Gray Davis has resigned amid a controversy surrounding a multimillion-dollar state computer contract.
Vince Patel resigned Wednesday as the governor's interim director of e-government. The announcement came less than a month after Patel replaced Arun Baheti, who was fired after accepting a $25,000 campaign donation for Davis while negotiating a deal with Oracle Corp.
Several state investigations are under way into alleged conflicts of interest involving the state's technology contracts.
In Patel's case, his brother was a technical engineer for BroadVision, which received a $772,000 contract to work on the state's Web page.
Patel said in Thursday's San Jose Mercury News that he did nothing wrong but offered to step aside for the governor. "If there's some negative perception, then I don't want to add to it," he said.
Davis spokesman Steve Maviglio said Patel's duties would be taken over on an interim basis by the Department of Information Technology, which also has a new interim director.
The controversy started last year when the state signed a no-bid, $95 million contract with Oracle, the software giant based in Redwood City.
The contract was advertised as saving at least $16 million - and potentially up to $111 million - through volume purchases and maintenance of software. But the state auditor concluded it could end up costing California up to $41 million more than previous software supply arrangements would have.
Two Davis aides have left their jobs and a third was put on paid leave since the audit was released earlier this year.
The state Assembly also weighed in Wednesday, approving and sending to the Senate a bill that would require a needs assessment, independent evaluation and competitive bid process for information technology contracts.
"Obviously, we need to make sure we don't repeat the mistakes we made with the Oracle contract," Assemblyman Manny Diaz said.
Copyright 2002 Associated Press, All rights reserved
Remember that the first lawyer for Condit was a Gray guy into energy?
I thought that the two went to work with him on the energy thingy.
I cant think of their names either.
Next step......the fire......(hot enough for ya yet, Gray?)
ROFLMAO.
Only the DEMS could lose california with such lackluster performance and all around, low-class b. s.
This may be, one for the books. Eventually. I think I heard NIXON laughing at them, from his grave... heh heh.
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For the dim ones in California, their god is the government, their philosopher is Machiavelli, their Prince is Davis. As it was nationally with ClintonX42. The Prince, as the standard-bearer of the Holy Agenda -- government uber alles -- must be protected at all costs. There is no scandal too great to justify turning on the Prince.
Simon as Governor. Pleasant thought. But we'll have to see. Methinks that once the campaign gets under way, and faced with conservative vs liberal agendas, the media will fall in line behind Dufus and aide him in attacking Simon. They will ignore the scandals, as the national media did with Clinton and Goron. The NatMedia pretended to be "impartial" by softly attacking Clinton before the re-election campaign began, but quickly fell in line when crunch time came around. Their deepest concern, aside from ensuring their paychecks, is that the liberal agenda progresses. They are as the scorpion who cannot resist stinging the frog.
I have supported Simon and I hope many here in California do also. But let's not forget that there are a lot of ignorand sheeple voters here. The attack on Dufus must be relentless, and the support of Simon must be strong, to prevent this idiot from further damaging California.
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