Herms William Interview 9 24 12 - California Resources Agency

1 earlier than that, about the time you were
2 leaving, but you had not -- you've never --
3 MR. HERMS: (Indiscernible).
4 MR. PATTON: All right. Anything
5 else that you can recall that we ought to be
6 aware of that I haven't asked you?
7 MR. HERMS: Things you haven't asked
8 me.
9 MR. PATTON: If you were doing my
10 job, what else would you have asked Bill
11 Herms?
12 MR. HERMS: Well, the big one was,
13 was I involved in any conversations that
14 talked about a twenty million surplus, and I
15 just want to be crystal clear on that. No,
16 that there may have been discussions, broader
17 discussions on the budget where perhaps that
18 piece may have come in, but at no time was
19 twenty million dollar ever identified as
20 unallocated and that we could use it in any
21 way we wanted, because if it had, I'd have
22 used it. I'd have been standing on a table
23 somewhere saying, let's go use this, as would
24 Michael Harris and Ruth and the entire team.
25 So, no, I didn't know about that.
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