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Klein's letter draws reaction over politics
By Terri Somers
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
June 8, 2006
One day before voters went to the polls, the chairman of the state stem cell institute sent a scathing letter to patient advocates around California alleging that secretary of state candidate Sen. Deborah Ortiz was on an _anti-research crusade._
The letter praised Sen. Debra Bowen, who defeated Ortiz in Tuesday's Democratic primary for secretary of state, for helping with other legislators to improve the state stem cell initiative.
The letter written by Robert Klein, chairman of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, has created a stir with public advocates and at least one other member of the stem cell institute's board, who question whether he should be involved in political campaigning.
_This is certainly not something that is appropriate for the chairman of the (institute's board) to be cranking out,_ said John Simpson of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica.
Although Klein legally has a right to campaign for causes he supports, Simpson said, most state residents forever will associate his...
By Terri Somers
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
June 8, 2006
One day before voters went to the polls, the chairman of the state stem cell institute sent a scathing letter to patient advocates around California alleging that secretary of state candidate Sen. Deborah Ortiz was on an _anti-research crusade._
The letter praised Sen. Debra Bowen, who defeated Ortiz in Tuesday's Democratic primary for secretary of state, for helping with other legislators to improve the state stem cell initiative.
The letter written by Robert Klein, chairman of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, has created a stir with public advocates and at least one other member of the stem cell institute's board, who question whether he should be involved in political campaigning.
_This is certainly not something that is appropriate for the chairman of the (institute's board) to be cranking out,_ said John Simpson of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica.
Although Klein legally has a right to campaign for causes he supports, Simpson said, most state residents forever will associate his...