Posted by
Katy Grimes on Thursday, May 07, 2009 1:09:54 PM
With Mike Villines stepping down as leader of the Assembly Republican leader, it is being reported that the CA Assembly just named Sam Blakeslee to replace him. Huh?
One insider blogger at Red County Blog said "It is like treating the state's infrastructure problem with poison. Blakeslee practicly signed on to Jerry Brown's eco-lawsuits to stop development in the name of AB32." Ouch.
He continued: "I am wondering if these leaks are a drill against Blakeslee as much as against Mike Villines." A commentor on the blog said that "Blakeslee is Villines handpicked successor after Villines knew that he was out as leader. He used what little clout he had remaining to get his own guy as the next leader."
These guys never take one for the team; it's always about them.
A friend who works at the Capitol says "We like to refer to them (Assembly) as the aisle of misfit toys."
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