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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

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1. WATER BALLOT MEASURE...............................VO/SOT

2. WHISTLE BLOWER LAWSUIT............................VO/SOT

3. WORKER'S COMP BENEFITS.............................VO/SOT

4. DENIM DAY...........................................................VO/SOT

5. PRO TEMPORE USING SENATE STAFF FOR CAMPAIGN WORK...................................................VO/SOT

6. AIR BOARD CHAIR/FEDERAL FUEL REGS..........UNSCRIPTED

4. DENIM DAY VO/SOT

LIVE: SEVERAL LAWMAKERS AND LEGISLATIVE STAFF AT THE STATE CAPITOL WORE JEANS TO WORK IN SOLIDARITY WITH INTERNATIONAL DENIM DAY. DENIM DAY BEGAN WHEN AN ITALIAN COURT OVERTURNED A RAPE CASE SAYING IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO RAPE A WOMAN WEARING JEANS.

SUPER: TODAY/STATE CAPITOL/SACRAMENTO

VO: (:20) AFTER THE 1999 RULING, WOMEN LAWMAKERS IN ITALY WORE JEANS TO PARLIAMENT. LEGISLATORS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD HAVE DONE THE SAME DURING LATE APRIL.

SUPER: SENATOR GLORIA ROMERO/D-LOS ANGELES

SOT: (:25) Not transcribed due to time.

VO TAG: ONE OF THE ITALIAN LAWMAKERS THAT WORE JEANS IN 1999 AFTER THE RULING WAS ALLESSANDRA MUSSOLINI, THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE ITALIAN DICTATOR.