"Whitman racks up record $119m personal donation
SAN FRANCISCO — Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate for California governor, has surpassed New York’s mayor, Michael Bloomberg, for the highest personal contribution in US campaign history -- $119 million.....
Bloomberg spent about $185 per vote...
Related: Paying a Mayor's Ransom
Governor has to be more.
Also see: One For the Ladies
Whitman, however, has aggressively raised funds for her race against Democratic Attorney General Jerry Brown.
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And what has he been up to lately?
"Calif. AG sues leaders of troubled city" by Associated Press | September 16, 2010
LOS ANGELES — The California attorney general’s office sued eight former and current Bell city officials yesterday, accusing them of fraud, conspiracy, and wasting taxpayer money by approving huge salary increases for themselves.
Related: Slow Saturday Special: California's Total Recall
The suit demands city officials return hundreds of thousands of dollars from the bloated salaries. It also calls for a reduction of pension benefits that were based on the high salaries.
How about a jail cell for the looters?
Attorney General Jerry Brown told reporters the officials defrauded the public and enriched themselves by taking salaries he said were “enormous and obscene.’’
You know, like most politicians in AmeriKa.
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“You can’t just take the public’s money and give it to yourself or give it to your friendly employees or members of the city council just because you want to,’’ said Brown, a candidate for governor....
What world is he living in?
Actually, it HAPPENS ALL the TIME, governer Moonbeam!
Given that Arnold has run the executive for the last eight years maybe it's time to switch back to Democrats and let them clean up the legislative mess.
Don't bet against Meg, though.
