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I was more than a little disappointed in the statement that the Sacramento County Grand Jury "substantiated" Gov. Schwarzenegger's wild claims of "massive" fraud in the IHSS program. It did no such thing. The Grand Jury report, like the governor's statements, was heavy on heated remarks but lacked actual statistical proof to back up the claim of widespread fraud. It's also relevant that district attorneys help guide the "findings" of Grand Juries. Since Sacramento County DA Jan Scully is a vocal supporter of the governor's so-called "anti-fraud" campaign, it isn't surprising that her Grand Jury came out with such a report. Every piece of documented statistical evidence we've seen shows the actual rate of IHSS fraud to be no more than one to two percent. Now any instance of such fraud is wrong and should be investigated and punished. But that doesn't make it riight for the governor and Ms. Scully, among others, to brand hundreds of thousands of our most vulnerable citizens and the people who serve them as fraud criminals.