Carla Blanton Quotations

I think if you use last year as a guidepost, the governor was successful in overcoming issues and working in a bipartisan manner with both chambers.

There's a difference between the criminal standard and the management standard.

as part of a bipartisan, broad-based effort. Obviously, it's clear that the attorney general is not interested in seriously participating in an effort to improve the merit system.

At a similar time last year challenges faced this administration, and the governor rebounded with a very successful session. We look forward to doing the same thing next session.

It's a communication about an official act that the governor took in performing his duties as governor.

It's not just about e-mails, it's a broader look at attitudes and actions and how they reflected on the governor and what the governor's direction was, ... The governor understandably believed he was clear in his directives and he's disappointed that for various reasons, people were overeager, overzealous, or didn't understand the directive.

Not everyone was able to see the governor's speech on television. In addition to making a speech or sending out a news release, we also try to communicate in other ways.

any behavior that would rise to the level of willful criminal intent.