Cabinet Secretary To Depart
Late word this afternoon from administration sources, confirming that Governor Schwarzenegger's Cabinet secretary, Fred Aguiar, has decided to leave the administration.
Aguiar, a former legislator, was Schwarzenegger's first secretary of state and consumer services, and moved up to the job of cabinet secretary late last year-- the third such person to serve as top liaison to state agencies since the governor took office in 2003.
Administration sources speaking on background say Aguiar will remain on board to help train his eventual replacement (no word on who will get the job).
He becomes the fifth high profile adviser to the governor to make exit plans in the wake of Schwarzenegger's re-election... behind Legislative Affairs Secretary Richard Costigan, Education Secretary Alan Bersin, Press Secretary Margita Thompson, and Senior Adviser Bonnie Reiss.
