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...middle- management layer that protected the department against the excesses of political appointees. But under Reagan and Bush, even the lowliest attorney had to pass an ideological litmus test. "When Reagan was elected, the political appointees came in and started handing out pink slips all over the place," recalls Stuart Smith, president of Council 26 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees...
...Clinton Administration cannot even begin to make needed repairs at the Justice Department until it finds an acceptable Attorney General. The department is being run now by Bush holdover Stuart Gerson, who insists that the agency is in "excellent shape." But transition officials have some clear ideas about the general direction of reform. First, they want to root out the "true believers" from the Reagan-Bush years. Then they want to establish stronger central controls of department operations. A high priority is the cleanup of the Environmental Crimes section, which one transition official said is "highly politicized and not objectively...
...division between the afflicted and the comfortable was clear to Pulitzer. He knew who the little guy was, and who was in power. But newspapers today cannot be so certain who is comfortable and who is afflicted. Charles Stuart at first appeared to be an innocent suburban victim of urban violence. After his body was fished our of the Mystic River, he became a calculating villain, intent on fanning the flames of racial hatred...
...engineers, teachers and small businessmen. The Tays, Chinese immigrants from Singapore, used the profits from Dr. Alfred Tay's medical practice to custom-build their 8,000-sq.-ft. home in an exclusive section of the city of Orange and to provide costly luxuries for their son and daughter. Stuart was a former Boy Scout, an academic standout at Foothill High School, and a founder of an Asian-culture club who hoped to attend a top-ranked college next fall. Some of his friends add subtle shadings to the glowing picture, mentioning the "techno-punk" clothes he had begun wearing...
Though the police and prosecutors are in the early stages of their investigations, they have dismissed theories that Chan was a member of the Chinese Mafia or that competition for a girlfriend led to the horrible crime. The death of Stuart Tay may come down to a case of distrust and "bad blood," according to Deputy District Attorney Lewis Rosenblum. "What is clear is that Robert Chan did not like or trust Stuart Tay. Why that was so is still very unclear." But Rosenblum is less concerned with the motivation of Chan and the others than with the events that...