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Rep. Gary Odom Apologizes To Caucus For Talking To Reporters

By Kleinheider Posted on March 3, 2009 at 1:45 pm

Odom addresses the controversy which erupted after he was quoted by Jackson Baker taking credit for the Speaker Williams coup and blaming Jimmy Naifeh for Democratic losses ths past November:

“Gary Odom got up and apologized to the caucus and to the speaker, and that’s pretty much the gist of it,” says Rep. Charles Curtiss, who had been openly critical of Odom for his remarks. “Then Speaker Naifeh got up and said that, for the benefit of the caucus, he wanted to put the whole episode behind us and move forward. Everybody seemed to be in agreement, and we left out of there hopefully all going in the same direction.”

Curtiss says Odom claimed he was misquoted in the Flyer. “He apologized for talking to the press, and I’m sinning right now talking to you,” Curtiss says. “He said that things were added to what he had to say and it distorted exactly what he intended to say. I have no way of knowing one way or the other. He seemed sincere to me. Nobody said anything negative to be honest with you. He spoke and Speaker Naifeh spoke and that was pretty much the gist of it.”

SEE ALSO:
Jackson Baker reflects on the controversy.
Andy Sher weaves the whole contro together quite nicely.

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4 Responses to “Rep. Gary Odom Apologizes To Caucus For Talking To Reporters”

  1. Paul writes
    March 3rd, 2009 2:02 pm

    I hate this guy but, he screwed Jimmy
    But damn his wife is hot

  2. Matthew Hurtt writes
    March 3rd, 2009 2:45 pm

    Heck yea, she is. I know the girl who’s with the guy who was engaged to the girl he’s married to now. Juicy juicy. ;-)

    - Matthew

  3. The Wahmbulance writes
    March 3rd, 2009 3:18 pm

    Does he have any IM’s that he needs to atone for?

  4. Greg Deegan writes
    April 15th, 2009 8:08 am

    Dear Rep. Odom
    As the leader of the Democratic Party I feel it is you responsability to reign in the abuse of committee position that Rep. Sherri Jones is exercising.
    Most recently when there were “no” bills before the committee Rep. Campfield adjorned the meeting twice with Jones repremanding him and “lying” say- by rules he cannot adjorn the meeting ( I spoke with Campfield and he assured me that he was in his rights/rules to adjorn)- and prceeded to attack one of the bills that was already rolled to another time.
    Just yeasterday she “changed the calender and brought the bill up for today
    - most of us that have “real” jobs cannot take off in such a short notice and she is ambushing the opposition again.
    I feel she shoud recuse herself due to her bias and abuse of power to kill anything she opposes. There is a need to change committee rules of operation.
    I am ashamed to live in her district.

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