Saturday, June 10, 2006

Watchdog Says CIRM 'Laundering' Cash

"A total mockery of public accountability." That's how the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumers Rights is describing the release of the names of the donors to the $1 million gala for the California stem cell agency.

CIRM disclosed only the names of the donors – not their business affiliation nor the amounts they contributed.

Reporter Steve Johnson of the San Jose Mercury News wrote Friday that one was the chief executive of a firm that plans to seek funding from CIRM. That exec made a $3,000 contribution.

John M. Simpson, stem cell project director for the foundation, said CIRM's handling of the information amounts to "nothing more than laundering money to evade CIRM's own policies."

Here is a link to link to the names, which it said include biotech and venture capital executives.

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