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[h=1]California Senate suspends Democrats Wright, Calderon, Yee, who face separate criminal charges[/h]
Democratic state Sens. Rod Wright, left, Ron Calderon and Leland Yee have been suspended by the
California State Senate because each faces criminal charges. They will still receive their $95,000 annual salaries.
SACRAMENTO — The Democratically controlled California Senate has voted to suspend three Democrats who face criminal charges, after the latest lawmaker to be hauled into court refused to step down.
Friday’s 28-1 vote in the 40-member chamber came amid one of the most severe ethical crises in modern times for the Legislature in the nation’s most populous state.
The resolution prevents Democratic Sens. Ron Calderon, Leland Yee and Rod Wright from exercising any power of their office until the pending criminal cases against them have been resolved. Even so, they will continue receiving their $95,000 annual salaries.
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg acknowledged the public criticism of the chamber but told his fellow lawmakers before the vote that “this is not what this Senate is about.”
http://www.dailynews.com/article/20140328/NEWS/140329424
Glad to see the crooks will still get their paychecks. Gutless fucks protecting their own, they could have at least expelled Wright who is a convicted felon.
Democratic state Sens. Rod Wright, left, Ron Calderon and Leland Yee have been suspended by the
California State Senate because each faces criminal charges. They will still receive their $95,000 annual salaries.
SACRAMENTO — The Democratically controlled California Senate has voted to suspend three Democrats who face criminal charges, after the latest lawmaker to be hauled into court refused to step down.
Friday’s 28-1 vote in the 40-member chamber came amid one of the most severe ethical crises in modern times for the Legislature in the nation’s most populous state.
The resolution prevents Democratic Sens. Ron Calderon, Leland Yee and Rod Wright from exercising any power of their office until the pending criminal cases against them have been resolved. Even so, they will continue receiving their $95,000 annual salaries.
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg acknowledged the public criticism of the chamber but told his fellow lawmakers before the vote that “this is not what this Senate is about.”
http://www.dailynews.com/article/20140328/NEWS/140329424
Glad to see the crooks will still get their paychecks. Gutless fucks protecting their own, they could have at least expelled Wright who is a convicted felon.