[calcowgirl]

It will enrich a few developers that have pull with the board (call that the corruption that it is (hence Mr. Broad's contributions),

You have to love all those Arnold contributors. Eli Broad, KB Homes, Pardee Homes, Ron Burkle, Hadi Makarechian, etc. Your list was quite informative (again). Of course, it also resembled a John Kerry fundraiser list, with Burkle and Broad present. I'm sure they just want to advance Republican values! (NOT!)

[Carry_Okie]

Corporate donors give money to whomever they believe they have to pay to get what they want, usually whomever is in power. They have no party loyalty; they gave buckets of money to Gray Davis for the same reasons.

To cite donations as an indication of "confidence in Arnold" or the California economy is to misunderstand what that portends. This isn't about building wealth (or protecting the environment), it's about controlling who gets it.