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was made during a caucus meeting earlier in the day that no MLAs would speak with media following a brief news conference held to offer reaction to Perry's departure. "We had agreed as a caucus about how we would deal with Hal's defection," Myers said. "To have somebody go off on their own and do a private interview… we can’t have stuff like that as a party that is trying to rebuild." Myers said this has been an ongoing concern with Crane and felt this was the last straw. Following the announcement, Crane sat as an
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