"It's for (wheeze, then catch breath) the children. (Wipe sweat from forehead) You people (catch breath) don't know whats good for you. (Devour ham sandwich) We people in Hollywood (catch breath) do."
Posted on 02/23/2006 7:15:12 PM PST by NormsRevenge
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Hollywood director Rob Reiner denied any wrongdoing Thursday in response to recent scrutiny about the potential misuse of taxpayer funds for a June ballot initiative he is spearheading.
Reiner, who heads the state's First 5 California Children and Families Commission he helped create, is now leading a campaign for a ballot initiative that would establish a state constitutional right to preschool for all 4-year-olds and raise income taxes for wealthier households to fund a preschool program.
A Los Angeles Times story earlier this week detailed, however, how the commission spent $23 million on ads to promote the idea of "preschool for all," which happens to be the same slogan Reiner uses to describe his latest initiative, Proposition 82.
The commission also earlier paid for a political consultant who now is the campaign manager of Prop. 82, the story noted.
Part of the commission's charge is to oversee the use of tobacco tax proceeds toward promoting proper childhood development, but the state law also is clear: Public funds cannot be used for campaign activities.
Reiner's attorneys have asserted that the First 5 ads were legal and proper, and the entertainer-turned-activist himself on Thursday dismissed the Times story as "the price of being a public figure."
When asked to comment about the money spent on the commission's ads following a speech he gave in San Jose on Prop. 82, Reiner said, "There is absolutely no conflict of interest."
Once a meathead, always a meathead...
You can certainly tell he didn't go to pre-school.
What a flake...
Rob Reiner: Carl Reiner's unfunniest joke.
You've got that right.
Oh he only wants to take our children away from their parents . . . "for the common good".
Arnold has the right to fire the meathead and appoint someone else anytime he wants. Step up to the plate and terminate him Governator.
Birth to the grave. That's what they want. Yep.
BOHICA!!!!!!!
Where did Meathead's children go to pre-school?
I know he went to Beverly Hills High...
meathead is an improriety.
He's still dead from the neck up.
The Governator is a girly man.
Did any of the funds find a way to AirAmerica?
"It's for (wheeze, then catch breath) the children. (Wipe sweat from forehead) You people (catch breath) don't know whats good for you. (Devour ham sandwich) We people in Hollywood (catch breath) do."
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