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Michael Connell, the Bush IT expert who has been directly implicated in the rigging of George Bush's 2000 and 2004 elections, was killed last night when his single engine plane crashed three miles short of the Akron airport. Velvet Revolution ("VR"), a non-profit that has been investigating Mr. Connell's activities for the past two years, can now reveal that a person close to Mr. Connell has recently been discussing with a VR investigator how he can tell all about his work for George Bush. Mr. Connell told a close associate that he was afraid that George Bush and Dick Cheney...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- An Ohio pilot who died in a small plane crash was a Republican media consultant who helped operate campaign Web sites for President Bush and former presidential nominee John McCain. Forty-five-year-old Michael Connell of Akron was killed Friday when his plane crashed near a vacant house in a rural area of Uniontown, about 10 miles southeast of Akron. He was attempting to land the aircraft at the nearby Akron-Canton Airport. Connell was the CEO and founder of Cleveland-based New Media Communications, which built campaign Web sites for Bush and McCain, according to the company's Web site. The...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gregg Connell ran a stop sign and caused a car crash that killed another motorist, authorities say. Connell's car collided with a vehicle driven by David Juhl, 51, on Tuesday afternoon near the town of Griswold. Both men were driving alone. Juhl died at a hospital. The 56-year-old mayor of the town of Shenandoah, population 5,600, was treated at a hospital. He was ticketed for a running a stop sign, Pottawattamie County Sheriff Jeff Danker said. "Physically, he's fine, but psychologically he's a mess," said Michael Gartner, owner of minor league baseball's...

<p>Former state Controller Kathleen Connell said Tuesday she will not get involved in an effort to recall Gov. Gray Davis.</p> <p>"I've been critical in the past of some of his policies," said the fellow Democrat. "But the man won re-election. The focus should be on getting the budget balanced and revenue growth. Those are my only interests."</p>

<p>SACRAMENTO(AP) - State Controller Kathleen Connell urged lawmakers on Monday to quickly act on $10.2 billion in proposed midyear cuts, warning that the state's cash flow could run dry otherwise.</p> <p>Connell said the state may have to take out short-term loans - called revenue anticipation warrants - for the second consecutive year to help the state pay its bills.</p>

<p>SACRAMENTO – The cash-strapped state should take out an unprecedented $12.5 billion short- term loan in the next three weeks to cover school, bond debt and payroll costs, state Controller Kathleen Connell said Wednesday.</p> <p>The money also would help pay off a $7.5 billion loan that California took out three months ago to cover power purchases arising from the electricity crisis.</p>

<p>And some say little will be done until people start hurting.</p> <p>Bee Capitol Bureau - Nearly four weeks after it began, California's multibillion-dollar budget stalemate has caused little or no inconvenience to most of the state's residents -- which might not be a good thing, some political experts say.</p>