For the Assembly, the curtain fell at midnight Tuesday after a final hour marked by animosity that began with a partisan fight that ultimately killed legislation to ban the open display of unloaded guns in most public places.
When the smoke finally cleared, Republicans and Democrats were blaming each other for the verbal scuffle -- and Democratic Assemblywoman Lori Saldana was accusing her party leaders of ineptitude.
"The fact is, our leadership was disorganized, they recognized people out of order and they didn't take control of the floor," said Saldana, D-San Diego, whose gun-carrying ban died without a vote. "And that's an embarrassment for a majority party..."
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Full story: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/01/2998092/assembly-session-ends-in-acrimony.html
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