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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