State
Pays $335,000 Settlement for Carole Migden's Motoring
Mishap. The state has reached a settlement with a Vallejo woman who was
rear-ended by Carole Migden in 2007, when Ms. Migden was a member of the state
Senate. Ms. Migden, who was behind the wheel of her state-issued SUV at the
time of the collision, had been driving so erratically that she left a trail of
people calling 911 to report her as a danger. Ms. Migden ran for re-election in
2008, but was defeated by Mark Leno in the Democratic primary. She now serves
on the California Integrated Waste Management Board. (Cal-Tax: Why on earth are the taxpayers paying for a former
lawmaker's reckless driving? Is this another legislative perk?) (Source: SF Weekly, July 6.)
Cal-Taxletter, July 10, 2009
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