With those families, it’s all quid pro quo. By having Newman informally adopted, it opened up business opportunities, social opportunities, and political opportunities for Newsom as it did for Getty when the Newsom’s informally adopted Gordon?
With those families, it’s all quid pro quo. By having Newman informally adopted, it opened up business opportunities, social opportunities, and political opportunities for Newsom as it did for Getty when the Newsom’s informally adopted Gordon?
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Absolutely. Imagine young Gavin being introduced as “my OTHER son” to people of wealth and influence. It says to them, “Treat him exactly as you would my own flesh and blood.”
I see what the Newsoms got from this arrangement. What did the Gettys get? What did the Newsom connection do for them?