Deukmejian’s New Role
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How many of my fellow citizens are as scandalized as I am by former Gov. Deukmejian’s lobbying for a Japanese firm in competition with American firms? I am thinking of his well-paid efforts on behalf of Sumitomo, the winner of the contract for the Metro Green Line. Sumitomo’s victory will by all reports cost us hundreds of American jobs.
Where is the public outcry? In the Jan. 3 Times, you quote our former governor as saying, “I haven’t been this happy in a long, long time.” Are those of us who are sickened by this sort of thing going the way of the dodo? Or are there, as I would like to think, more of us than it might seem? It would be nice if The Times could conduct a poll on this subject.
PHILIP WALKER
Santa Barbara
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