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Oracle figure won't testify
Sac Bee ^
| 6/13/02
| Dan Smith
Posted on 06/13/2002 9:05:46 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/12/2004 5:38:44 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Former Oracle Corp. lobbyist Ravi Mehta backed out of his promise to testify before a legislative committee Wednesday amid new disclosures about the tactics he used to influence state officials on the company's behalf.
In one instance, according to an e-mail message provided by Oracle, Mehta recommended that it financially sponsor a college project undertaken by the son of a senator who had been "extremely critical" of the company's $95 million no-bid software contract with the state.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: calgov2002; mehta; noshow; oracle
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Ern, It looks like you were right last night ..A Mehta No Show .. Do the Committee members have any power to do anything or is this headed to the courts?
DUMP DAVI$ & the Den of Socialists
GO SIMON
To: NormsRevenge; Bush2000
And they call Microsoft corrupt? ROFLMAOSMMD.
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posted on
06/13/2002 9:12:52 AM PDT
by
hchutch
To: NormsRevenge;Ernest_at_the_Beach;Libertarianize the GOP;ledzep75;AndyJackson
You beat me to it. Looks like he will take the 5th.
To: farmfriend;NormsRevenge; ;calgov2002
;Carry_Okie; SierraWasp; Gophack; eureka!; ElkGroveDan...
I think they have to issue a subpoena now, which changes the game some!
calgov2002:
To: hchutch
SMMD?
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posted on
06/13/2002 11:10:53 AM PDT
by
Mo1
To: NormsRevenge; Ernest at the Beach; Angelique; SierraWasp
I guess he made a "Mehta-fizz-a-cul" appearance.
I'll go hide now.
To: Carry_Okie
Spilling My Mountain Dew.
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posted on
06/13/2002 11:14:29 AM PDT
by
hchutch
To: Carry_Okie
ROFL!
To: Carry_Okie
"he made a "Mehta-fizz-a-cul" appearance."Hay! That waz 2/3rds of a PUN... PU!!!
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Carry_Okie popped a phunny pun!!! Euuuuuuuuuu...
Actually, I shoulda said plopped!!! Uhhhhhhhhh...
To: NormsRevenge
Ern, It looks like you were right last night ..A Mehta No Show .. Do the Committee members have any power to do anything or is this headed to the courts?They really don't have any power except to ask questions, yada yada. Bill Lockyer, a liberal Democrat, is the Attorney General and can shut down the hearings at any time by claiming he's going to prosecute someone ... and then drag that out indefinitely, and all behind closed doors. However, I don't know how well that would play to the media, so I think this whole thing needs to be watched very closely. While I have no love for the liberal press, they definitely don't like be excluded from anything.
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posted on
06/13/2002 12:03:30 PM PDT
by
Gophack
To: hchutch
Remember Ellison the Oracle CEO was a big Clinton supporter and encouracged/bribed Clinton into badgering his enemy Bill Gates.
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posted on
06/13/2002 12:28:43 PM PDT
by
Leto
To: Leto
That's right.
How much of the Democratic Party in California is bought and paid for by Mr. Ellison?
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posted on
06/13/2002 12:49:39 PM PDT
by
hchutch
To: Carry_Okie;NormsRevenge; Ernest at the Beach;
Non,non,non. It is met a PHYSICAL appearance.
To: farmfriend
I wish for the day when GraYouT has to take the Fifth as a target of RICO charges .. some of this stuff borders on extortion and racketeering ..
To: Angelique
Well Mehta fizzed and was culled wasn't he?
To: Gophack
I wouldn't put anything past Lockyer. He is a bigger crook than Bray Davis (sneakier too).
To: Carry_Okie
Non, he FUZZED
To: Gophack
Lockyear wears a pink dress.
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