Whore-Gate: Who’s in Bed With Jerry Brown?

Pajamas Media ^ | October 11, 2010 | Jack Dunphy

[conimbricenses]

As much as I'm sympathetic to Whitman for being personally attacked, this argument is just dumb:

Why would the union that represents LAPD officers even think of endorsing liberal Jerry Brown

Cop unions are just like all unions - sleazy, corrupt, and tilted heavily to the left. Every now and then one will break away and endorse our guy, but it's the exception and there's usually a heavy price to pay with their normal left wing constituency. Brown is that constituency in the LAPD case and he was simply trying to bring them back on the plantation where they have been before and where they will be again in the future.

[Liz]

Another famous Churchill story——a woman political opponent said to him, “If I were married to you, I’d put poison in your coffee.”

Churchill replied:” And if I were married to you, I’d drink it.”

[conimbricenses]

Ah, just noticed this piece is written by that cop-slobbering idiot Jack Dunphy, who thinks police officers and probably by extension police officer unions can do no wrong.

Explains everything...except why an LAPD officer would dub himself Truman Capote's gay lover as a nom-de-plum.

[afraidfortherepublic]

And for those who, like that unnamed and uncouth Brown staffer...

Don't forget, it was Brown, himself, who quickly responded, "I'm going to use that..."

[Liz]

HERE'S WHY THEY'RE ENDORSING JERRY Cali's "money machine" to buy votes for politicians was engineered in the 1970s when California's legislature cleared the way for public-employee unions to organize and bargain. Then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed the crucial bill in 1978.

REFERENCE California debt may be half a trillion dollars: They knew in 11/29/09..........and earlier.
Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee, 11/29/09
FR Posted by SmithL

Just days before Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislators finalized a water package, including an $11.1 billion bond issue, state Treasurer Bill Lockyer warned them not to do it. California is already deeply in debt, Lockyer warned, has huge budget deficits and can't afford another big bond issue. "The days of blithely heaping more and more debt burden on the general fund are over – at least they should be," Lockyer said.

The earmark-laden bond issue, the package's single most controversial element, raises an interesting question: Just how deeply in debt are our state and local governments? The answer: No one knows for certain, since debt is scattered through myriad agencies in many forms, but well over a half-trillion dollars is a fair estimate.

Lockyer's warning pertained to the state's "general obligation debt," which currently stands at $59 billion, and there are an additional $50-plus billion in general obligation bonds that have not yet been sold.

The biggest chunks of debt, however, are the unfunded obligations for pensions and health care of retired public employees. (Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...

[MBB1984]

If Mexifornia elects Brown, they will get what they richly deserve.

[ScottinVA]

Don't forget, it was Brown, himself, who quickly responded, "I'm going to use that..."

Absolutely.. heard it plain as day.

[Gay State Conservative]

Who’s in bed with Jerry Brown? Well,half the residents of San Francisco’s Castro District for starters.

[Gay State Conservative]

“Madam,” he says, “would you sleep with me for five million pounds?” “I suppose I would,” says the woman. “We would have to discuss the terms, of course.” “Would you sleep with me for five pounds?” asks Churchill. The woman is insulted. “What kind of woman do you think I am?” she asks.“We’ve already established that,” Churchill says. “Now we’re haggling about the price.”

Great stuff! Although it's probably not true I once read that Churchill once had an exchange with a woman at a dinner party that went:

Woman: "Sir,if you were my husband,I'd poison you"

Churchill: "Madam,if you were my wife,I'd let you".

[ExTexasRedhead]

Unions in CA don’t give a hoot in Hades about the State or the people of CA. They’re amoral! The NEA doesn’t give a hoot in Hades about the children. It’s all about them and lining their corrupt pockets along with brainwashing all students and turning them into Kool Aid Liberals.

[dayglored]

Great Churchill quotes (including both of those), many even more pointed and funny:

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill#Anecdotal_dialogue

[Kenny Bunk]

Dammit, Jerry Brown is NOT gay!

If you don't believe me, ask Linda Ronstadt.

[Liz]

Democrat Brown wants voters to think he's frugal when they consider whether to send him back to the governor's office as California faces a $19 billion budget deficit, an unemployment rate above 12 percent and a continuing foreclosure crisis.

What California voters do NOT hear is Brown boasting about his latest home.

Brown and his wife, former Gap executive Anne Gust, own a custom-designed, $1.8 million house in one of the San Francisco Bay area's most prestigious neighborhoods—a Zen-inspired, five-level architectural gem perched high in the wooded Oakland Hills.

The three-bedroom home comes with bamboo floors, a spiral staircase, breathtaking views of the bay and roll-up family room windows that let the sea breeze wash in. The office on the top floor has a private entrance. A spa level features a sauna and wetbar, while a dumbwaiter services every floor, making it easy to send a bottle from the wine cellar to the dining room.

When fog isn't hovering over the bay, the home provides a view of the Golden Gate Bridge, according to a brochure of the home when it was on the market in 2007.

HOW CAN BROWN AFFORD A MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE WITH NO VISIBLE MEANS OF SUPPORT?

The mystery of Jerry Brown's pension (Jerry's a double-dipper)
Orange County Register via DrudgeReport | 8/13/2010 | Brian Joseph
FR Posted on Friday, August 13, 2010 by GVnana

As Cali gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown grabbed the spotlight with his criticism of Bell city officials and their outrageous salaries and pensions, The Orange County Register Watchdog got to wondering: How much will the Democrat for Governor make in retirement?

That, as it turns out, is a very difficult question to answer.

After more than a month of investigation, the Watchdog can only say for certain that Brown and a handful of other top officials are eligible for generous benefits under a special pension fund so obscure that few people in government know how it works and many thought it had been eliminated 20 years ago by outraged voters.

Under the law, Brown should have accrued, at most, 16 years of service credit in this special fund, known as the Legislators’ Retirement System, or LRS. Actuarial statements produced by LRS, however, indicate that an unnamed person of Brown’s age and earning Brown’s exact salary has been credited with 25 to 29 years of service. The difference would mean tens of thousands of dollars in additional pension payments for Brown each year.

Brown’s campaign staff acknowledge the unnamed person sure looks like the gubernatorial candidate but have been unable to explain the discrepancy over service. Officials at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, which manages LRS, have similarly refused to cooperate ... -snip-

But perhaps most eyebrow-raising is the service of a current LRS member identified in actuarial reports only as 65 years or older with 25 to 29 years of service and a salary of $184,301. -snip-

The person listed in the actuarials appears then to be Brown. -snip-

The only problem is Brown should have only 16 years of LRS-eligible service: four years as Secretary of State (1971 to 1974), eight years as Governor (1975 to 1982) and four years as Attorney General (2007 to 2010). (Excerpt) Read more at taxdollars.ocregister.com ...

[Liz]

Heh-——thanks for the link.

[RichInOC]

Dunphy is absolutely right about the judge thing. Keeping Jerry Brown away from appointing another Bird Court is reason enough to vote against him even if there were no other.

Actually, Jerry was frightful at hiring, period. I mean, he hired Gray Davis as chief of staff.

[Little Ray]

Then there is

Woman: “You, sir, are drunk.”
Churchill: “And you, madam, are ugly. But tomorrow I will be sober.”

[stephenjohnbanker]

” Unions in CA don’t give a hoot in Hades about the State or the people of CA. They’re amoral! The NEA doesn’t give a hoot in Hades about the children. It’s all about them and lining their corrupt pockets along with brainwashing all students and turning them into Kool Aid Liberals. “

EXACTLY

[stephenjohnbanker]

Thanks for the info

[Yaelle]

Besides NOW, I think this guy.

Paul Lynde had a wife too.