Oracle lobbyist has history of ethical lapses

The Sacramento Bee ^ | May 19, 2002 | Gary Delsohn

[farmfriend]

When the Oracle Corp. wanted someone to help drum up business at the state Capitol, there were good reasons for the software giant to hire Ravi Mehta.

He's personable, a smooth talker, politically connected. For two years in the mid-1990s, he was Gov. Pete Wilson's chief ethics enforcer.

[farmfriend]

I used to count Ravi as a friend. Now I'm wondering if I even want to admit I know the guy.

[farmfriend]

Ernie, would you do the honor of ping and indexing?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

OK, i can see you have pinged some already.

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[Southack]

A lot of people are going to be sacrificed in order to keep Davis in power.

The strategy is simple: make everyone who worked on questionable Davis-activities look as though they are personal sleeze-balls, so that they are blamed instead of Davis.

This particular hit piece was mild. Just wait until the investigations start to get closer to Davis...

[Cicero]

For two years in the mid-1990s, he was Gov. Pete Wilson's chief ethics enforcer.

Notice how they work this in toward the top of the article. Moral equivalency. They all do it. Gray Davis is no worse than anyone else.

[farmfriend]

bttt

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

This particular hit piece was mild.
Just wait until the investigations start to get closer to Davis...

We may be getting there:

Oracle e-mail targets cash contributions