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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California officials said Monday that they had canceled a no-bid contract to promote the safety of aerial spraying for an invasive moth, acting after an Associated Press report about the deal.
E-mails obtained by the AP revealed that a senior state contracting official questioned the arrangement with a prominent public relations firm that has ties to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The official said it was difficult to justify a public affairs campaign related to moth spraying as an emergency, which entitled the deal to be exempted from normal contracting rules designed to limit favoritism.
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