Meanwhile in Sacramento

TO:                  Reporters

FROM:            Shannon Murphy

RE:                   A little record straightening after Aaron McLear's briefing this morning...

1) "Speaker is boycotting Big 5 meetings." Staying off buses in Montgomery to bring down Jim Crow is a boycott.  Missing a photo op to prop up Arnold Schwarzenegger is not.  As the Speaker has said, she will attend any and all Big 5 meetings that focus on solving the deficit immediately. 

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3) McLear on July 7: "Its really unclear a lot of what Bass is talking about." McLear on June 2 "It is our hope that Assemblywoman Evans can keep up." I guess when your arguments don't hold water you resort to insulting the intelligence of women lawmakers.

Seems like things are going swimmingly up there.