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Law Practice

Jul. 10, 2008

Governor Skirts Senate With Controversial Labor Pick

Rachel Folberg put her law career on the line to testify in Sacramento against the appointment of her former boss, Robert A. Jones, to a top state job overseeing workforce policy issues. A month after the Senate scuttled Jones nomination, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger gave him a different job in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency that pays the same but does not require legislative approval.

By Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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      Rachel Folberg put her law career on the line to testify in Sacramento against the appointment of her former boss, Robert A. Jones, to a top state job overseeing workforce policy issues.
      When Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata scuttled Jones' nomination in May, Folberg and other critics of Jones - in...

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