Just some clarification

I received an e-mail earlier this week from Bob Stern, President of the Center for Governmental Studies. Bob was quoted in Monday's Leftovers column, however he did not make the comment listed in bold below:

Bob Stern, president of the Center for Governmental Studies, said if staff time is being used, it could be considered insignificant, depending on the kind of work they are doing.

For example, if staff members are just putting out a press release on the mayor's position, that's not such a big deal.

"Basically, (this is) propaganda from some of my colleagues," he said, adding that his opponents on the dais are using the incident as a political tactic.

That last quote was made by Pico Rivera Mayor Ron Beilke. Beilke was referring to the fact that he believed his colleagues on the council were spinning the arrest story involving two of Beilke's employees to make the mayor look bad.