Thursday, June 14, 2007

DeLuca Resigns As Leader; Successor Chosen

State Senator Lou DeLuca (R-32), resigned his post as Minority Leader yesterday. However, he has pledged that he will remain a Senator. You can read the article here from the News-Times.

Our State Senator, David Cappiello (R-24) released the following on DeLuca:

"I think Lou needed some time to take in what was happening and ultimately I believed he would do the right thing," Cappiello said. "I've known and worked with and been friends with Sen. DeLuca for 15 years and I think it was appropriate for me and the other senators to give him a little breathing room to come to the right conclusion himself."

Today, Senate Republicans reacted quickly to the resignation and chose Senator John McKinney (R-28) to become their new leader. McKinney is in his fifth term. You can read the article here from the News-Times.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

only one politician has received more cash from galante and his cronies than deluca: mark boughton