The Bee was probably not expecting to be read outside Sacramento and obmitted the backround relationg to California internal politics.
Our current republican governor can not run for re-election, due to term limits. But, even before this incident, there were rumors that the democrat state controller may run for governor at the next gubernatorial election. Both positions are independent and equal according to the state constitution. The state controllor is elected by the people and does not answer to the governor (i.e. he is not a political appointee), but to the people who elected him/her. The controller initial statement was "I will not pay attention to the governor's order." So there is some posturing on both side, but both sides would like to avoid a juridical battle, which could drag on for years. Our computers can't do it seems like a good face saving compromise. After everybody knows that ONLY a P.C. can issue 200.000 paychecks flawlessly every month. 8-( ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
