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The pseudo-news, tabloidy UK Daily Mail has decided to run with the Duvall scandal, choosing to tie the story to, of all people, Arnold Schwarzenegger. It’s worth a read to see how this is being portrayed over in jolly London… THE LINK: The spanking senator: Politician friend of Schwarzenegger caught on camera bragging about extra-marital affair… Read More
OC Weekly’s Scott Moxley has just posted a follow up piece to his breaking story of last night on the ever-growing scandal of Mike Duvall.
In his latest piece, Moxley reports that well respected Orange County Republican Party Chairman Scott Baugh, formerly Assembly Republican Leader, has called on Mike Duvall to resign his office.
An excerpt from Moxley’s piece…
"There’s nothing defensible in what I saw or heard," Baugh said about the airing of video capturing Duvall graphically boast to a colleague during a public committee hearing about his sexual conquests with lobbyists. The key memorable line from the boasting was his gleeful observation that one of the lobbyists had complained that the assemblyman was "dripping out" of her when she walked up stairs after a sexual interlude. "My heart goes out to Mike’s family," said Baugh. "But … Read More
The Sacramento Bee has reported that GOP Assemblyman Mike Duvall has been removed from the Assembly Rules and Utilities and Commerce Committee after the startling revelations about his extra-marital affairs with Capitol lobbyists. Also, the leader of Assembly GOPers, Sam Blakeslee, has dumped Duvall from his leadership post in the Republican Caucus.
In the story are statements from Assembly Speaker Karen Bass and Assembly Republican Leader Sam Blakeslee:
"I am saddened and disappointed in the recent comments made by Assemblymember Mike Duvall. There is no question his comments were inappropriate. … The Assembly has some very important policy work to complete in the next couple of days and we will not allow this situation to become a distraction." — Speaker Karen Bass "I am terribly … Read More
While the breaking story of Assemblyman Mike Duvall talking graphically about extramarital affairs on an open legislative microphone continues to be a top story, we’ll keep bumping this to the top of the blog when new links are added.
**IT IS BECOMING ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE STORIES. GO TO A GOOGLE SEARCH OF MIKE DUVALL’S NAME FOR NEWS STORIES. BE PREPARED TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME. WE WILL KEEP UPDATING THE LIST BELOW…** Here is the link to the original KCBS/KCAL story…… Read More
At some point this morning a short statement from Assemblyman Mike Duvall appeared on his campaign website, and we reprint it for FR readers below: "I made a mistake and I sincerely apologize. I deeply regret the comments I made in what I believed to be a private conversation. This is a private matter and I ask that everyone respect the privacy of all involved." — Assemblyman Mike Duvall … Read More
(Note: cross-posted here and at RedCounty)
"So Messy." Those words are weapons hurled in a moment of Delta-house bravado turned around to be the political epitath of their author. The sad situation with Assemblyman Mike Duvall, while still developing, offers a prime opportunity to illustrate some crisis communications maxims that are as true now as ever, and apparently bear repeating:
1. Saying nothing is stupid and never, ever, ever, helps. Ditto running from cameras. Ibid for smugly sitting on the Assembly floor while cameras photograph you and journalists attempt to speak with you.
2. Avoiding the truth or delaying acknowledgement of it never, ever, ever helps. In this case it probably makes it worse.
3. No amount of legal advice or political counsel can change video/audio recordings. It’s as indelible as you-know-what on a blue dress.
Given this, why the delay?
I don’t know Assemblyman Duvall, beyond his reputation, but I do believe there was a narrow moment yesterday when Duvall might have been able to capture control of the situation, attempt to regain direction, say something, and then move on. But… Read More
Duvall scandal makes Drudge Report… This means MILLIONS of readers… Drudge Report has had 24, 448, 564 hits in the last 24 hours…
Granting prisoners early release credits for “continuous incarceration” is a win-win policy according to proponents of SB18XXX who claim the proposal will save money while improving the morale of lazy inmates. The idea of rewarding prisoners for doing nothing is not new and has long been advocated by the same legislators who support social promotion for public school students with failing grades. In fact the failing student population and the prison inmate population substantially overlap.
In fact, SB 18XXX, strikes the following words from the existing law: “Worktime credits shall apply for performance in work assignments and performance in elementary, Under current law, a convicted felon can earn early release credits as follows: “For every six months of full-time performance in a credit qualifying program, as designated by the director, a prisoner shall be awarded work time credit reductions from his or her term of confinement of six months.”
Accordingly, a felon newly convicted of carrying a loaded… Read More