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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (235020)	3/7/2002 4:01:11 PM
From: Bill Grant	Respond to of 769670

>>How was the "perjury" confirmed? Was there DNA evidence or an admission a la Clinton?<< I don't know, but I'll bet you it didn't depend on what the definition of "is" is <g>. BG

To: jlallen who wrote (235020)	3/7/2002 4:18:18 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

RE: "How was the "perjury" confirmed? Was there DNA evidence or an admission a la Clinton?" No, like I said... no sex. That's probably what kept it on the 'B' pages. Just do a google search for 'funeralgate' (the most uninspiring name the media hung on it right about the time of Bush's election). There was sworn testimony (more than one source) contradicting Governor Bush's sworn testimony that he didn't intervene in the Service Corp case to help out his old friend, the SRV CEO, when they were caught up in the 'funeral scandal'. But since the Texas GOP moved fast to settle the ex-funeral agency chief's wrongful termination suit (settlement in favor of the fired agency chief) it headed off any further charges. "It ain't the crime... it's the coverup that gets 'ya." ----------------------- A former state funeral home regulator who said she was wrongfully fired for investigating a large funeral home chain operated by a longtime family friend of George W. Bush has settled her 2-year-old whistleblower lawsuit for $210,000. The state will pay Eliza May and her lawyers $155,000 and Houston-based Service Corp. International will pay $55,000, said sources familiar with the agreement. Ms. May contended in her lawsuit that she was fired in 1999 as executive director of the Texas Funeral Service Commission after SCI Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert Waltrip met with Joe Allbaugh, a top aide to Mr. Bush while he was governor, to complain about the agency's investigation of the company's homes. After the investigation, fines totaling about $450,000 were assessed against more than 20 of SCI's affiliated funeral homes for using unlicensed embalmers. SCI has appealed, and a state hearings officer is expected to rule soon on the case. Neither SCI, Mr. Bush nor any of the other defendants admit wrongdoing under the terms of the settlement. Attorney General John Cornyn, who was also named as a defendant as a result of a legal opinion he wrote that was favorable to SCI, represented the state in the case. SCI spokesman Greg Bolton said only that the case has been settled to everyone's satisfaction. "I'm told all of the parties to this litigation and their attorneys have agreed to a compromise settlement agreement, which has resulted in the dismissal of all claims," he said. Harry Whittington of Austin, who was named presiding officer of the Funeral Service Commission after a major shakeup of agency in 1999, said his board reluctantly agreed to pay $50,000 as part of the settlement to end the 2-year-old case. It was unclear which state agency or agencies put up the other $105,000. Derek Howard, one of Ms. May's Austin lawyers, said he couldn't discuss terms of the agreement. "We're glad the matter has been resolved by way of settlement," he said.