Comments on: Is Maldo in or out? http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/02/11/is-maldo-in-or-out/ Politics in the Bay Area and beyond Sat, 25 May 2013 23:31:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Carl Starrett http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/02/11/is-maldo-in-or-out/comment-page-1/#comment-10693 Carl Starrett Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:48:41 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=10351#comment-10693 I don’t have immediate access to the Lungren v. Deukmejian case, but I think Arnie needs to take a closer look at Section 5(b) of Article V of the California Constitution. It reads in the pertinent part as follows:

“In the event the nominee is either confirmed nor refused confirmation by both the Senate and the Assembly within 90 days of the submission of the nomination, the nominee shall take office as if he or she had been confirmed by a majority of the Senate and Assembly; provided, that if such 90-day period ends during a recess of the Legislature, the period shall be extended until the sixth day following the day on which the Legislature reconvenes.”

I interpret this to mean that the Senate and Assembly have 90 days to act on the nomination. Interpreting the vote as neither a confirmation for refusal confirm is debatable, but swearing Maldo in before the end of the 90 day action period seems to be out of line.

]]> By: ted ford http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/02/11/is-maldo-in-or-out/comment-page-1/#comment-10692 ted ford Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:22:32 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=10351#comment-10692 It is absolutely shameful that all of east bay Assembly members voted against Abel Maldonado. Maldonado was the only Republican to make the bipartison and courageous move to support the budget. For that he was expelled from the Republican caucus. But he gets no gratitude from our local Democrats. The take their marching orders from John Burton, the premier hack of California politics. Some politicians have the courage to do the right thing. Unfortunately, none of our local Democrats measure up to the test. The handful of Assembly Democrats statewide who voted to approve the nomination have my respect. The rest of you are hacks.

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