LETTER: Sullivan, Gambaro Withdrawn
Filed Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 12:00 PM
PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE
In the following two-page letter from Governor Matt Blunt to the Missouri Senate, the names of 10 different appointees were pulled from consideration. According to sources, only two (SLPS CEO Rick Sullivan and State Board of Education appointee Derio Gambaro) were pulled because of controversy. The others, including Harris-Stowe University regent Wayman Smith, were pulled because they were unable to make the Senate hearing or some other minor reason.
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Blunt will likely re-appoint most, if not all, of the people on this list following the end of this special session of the Missouri Legislature. The Senate would then take up these appointments again during their regular session next year.
However, it is still not known whether Sullivan or Gambaro’s senators (Jeff Smith and Joan Bray, respectively) will be willing to support their appointments next session either.