Gore talks tech, re-invention Former vice president addresses technology and government officials at Innovative Government Forum [Posted Aug. 27] http://www.fcw.com/ Jebs choice for child care? A wife and child beating advocate. Bush family values -- He's the best man for the job DCF leader: It's OK to spank by Carol Marbin Miller, Lesley Clark and Peter Wallsten The man named Thursday by Gov. Jeb Bush to head Florida's notoriously inept child welfare agency is an evangelical Christian who views spanking that causes ''bruises or welts'' as acceptable punishment. The revelation did not come to Bush's attention until hours after the governor introduced Jerry Regier, a former Oklahoma Cabinet secretary and aide to Bush's father, as the new chief of the state's Department of Children and Families. Regier, 57, was named less than 48 hours after the resignation of DCF Secretary Kathleen A. Kearney. He takes over an agency that has been embroiled in scandal since 5-year-old Rilya Wilson disappeared. http://booknotes.weblogs.com/2002/08/16