To: chance33_98
Many political observers doubted Bates would resign. Of course not. That would imply some degree of honor.
To: AppyPappy
Professional politicians of the Dem stripe never resign. Bates was Cal State assemblyman for twenty years, and his wife, Loni Hancock, also a former mayor of Berkeley, was a Clinton appointee to the DOE.
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12/06/2002 5:13:09 AM PST by
gaspar
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