John & Indigo:

From a Transatlantic perspective, it's also highly revealing to note the
timing of this announcement - on 1 November, less than a week before your
mid-term elections.

In the United Kingdom both serving politicians and government officials
are strictly forbidden to announcements any grants of this kind, or any
other government spending initiatives, once an election campaign becomes
official - i.e. after the closing date for nominations, which is usually
about a month befor the date of the election.



Patrick Boylan

======================

On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, John A. Bing wrote:

> On Fri, 1 Nov 2002 21:22:12 -0800,Indigo wrote:
>
> >OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
> >PR02:577
> >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> >11/01/2002
> >GOVERNOR DAVIS ANNOUNCES $4 MILLION FOR CALIFORNIA
> >ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
> >
> ......................................................
>
> I would have thought a bit better of our governor if he had sent a few
> of his own $68,000,000.00 political funds to help the museums rather
> than add these "gifts" from already burdened tax payers.
>
> John Bing
>
> =========================================================
> Important Subscriber Information:
>
> The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes).
>
> If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).
>

=========================================================
Important Subscriber Information:

The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes).

If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).