[Cicero]

I don't think this scapegoating will do Gray Davis a bit of good. Firing his computer chief is just one more signal to the masses that this scandal is serious. It won't take off the heat.

[d14truth]

New Oracle player emerges

"Elias Cortez, the suspended head of the Department of Information Technology, testified that he told Lema to stop working as a consultant in the department's offices after he found out that Lema formed a business with Vince Hall, who was then Davis' chief of staff. Hall is now running for the state Assembly in San Diego and working part time for Lema's company."