Businesses Had Say in Report on State Overhaul

[warrior1]

As a long time state worker who's has given blood sweat and tears, this really pisses me off. Can we all spell special interest?

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-access31jul31,1,6124744.story?coll=la-home-headlines


SACRAMENTO — Some of California's most influential business interests — including Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and EDS — were given easy access to a state commission as it met privately to recommend sweeping government changes, according to disclosure reports and interviews.

Public interest groups, in contrast, complained Friday that they were largely excluded from the five-month study, ordered by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

A Microsoft sales official met with a top aide that Schwarzenegger appointed to the California Performance Review, and former Michigan Gov. John Engler, now working for Electronic Data Systems, spent about an hour with the review team because "we wanted information about the … process," said a spokesman for the Texas-based company, which holds a contract to process Medi-Cal claims.

Other corporations, such as Pitney-Bowes, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Citrix Systems, reported having had dealings with the commission.

Bill Allayaud, state lobbying director for the Sierra Club, strongly criticized the access given to the businesses.


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Doesn't the nazi have a history of meeting with huge busineses behind close doors?

fuck them all.