Los Angeles Times | March 5, 2009 | 4:13 p.m. PT --- Governor's cabinet member resigns after accepting speaking fees A member of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's cabinet resigned this afternoon after Times inquiries about income she received for giving speeches to private companies, including some that were doing business with her agency. Schwarzenegger's spokesman said State and Consumer Services Agency head Rosario Marin had broken administration policy, which does not permit the governor's appointees to receive income for making speeches. Marin offered her resignation during conversations with the governor's staff, according to Aaron McLear, Schwarzenegger's spokesman, and it was accepted. State law bars officials from accepting speaking fees except in certain situations, such as when the income is related to the speaker's "bona fide" business, trade or profession. Marin, whose state salary is $175,000 a year, was paid to address pharmaceutical companies within months of her agency's push last year to reduce state oversight of prescription drugs. More soon at: http://link.latimes.com/r/LV1G9U/47WQ1/X0GLKI/PO9R/JINJFN/1G/t
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