Governor (Schwarzenegger) appoints former Clinton official (Cisneros) to head charity

AP via San Diego Union Tribune ^ | September 22, 2004 | Associated Press

[calcowgirl]

It is a CHARITY!!! NOT a Govt. program.

See my post #3... it looks like Government funding to me! And that is just from California.
With Cisneros appointed, criticism is appropriate, IMO.

Budget includes over $284 million in State and federal funds to provide before and after school enrichment programs for 275,000 children.

BTW... Welcome to Free Republic! :-)
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[Joe Hadenuf]

Cisneros is currently co-chair of sKerry's campaign!

Seems those in the two beltway parties take care of each other. This article makes that clear.

[stormrdr]

sorry calcow you are mixing apples and oranges. Visit http://www.afterschoolallstars.com/ it is a private non-profit org with a board of directors. It lobbies the government yes but it is private bucks. Last I heard HUMMER was NOT government owned. I always say liberalism is a wonderful thing as long as it is kept in the private sector and not government. Live your life as a charitable liberal, Keep government conservative. That is Arnold through and through

[calcowgirl]

sorry calcow you are mixing apples and oranges.

Ummmm... no. I'm not. They have been receiving funding, and with Proposition 49, and the recent inclusion of additional funds ($284,000,000) in California's budget, I assume they will receive quite a bit more.

After-School Allstars (fka Inner-City-Games)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Kimberly Tulp
kimberly@icgf.org
(310) 458-4411

ICGF Awarded Federal Funding
Dec 13, 2001
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Inner-City Games Foundation Awarded Federal Funding

CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health Enters Into Cooperative Agreement to Promote Youth Participation in Physical Activity

Santa Monica, CA - Thursday, December 13, 2001 - The Inner-City Games Foundation (ICGF), an organization comprised of 15 City-cites dedicated to year-round, after-school and summer programming for at-risk youth ages 7 to 17, today announced that it has entered into a Cooperative Agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The agreement serves to promote the importance of youth participation in physical activity for 10 ICGF City-sites, including: Atlanta, Columbus, Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas, Orlando, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Diego and San Jose. As one of eight organizations to receive funding from the CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), the Inner-City Games Foundation welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with both local and national, governmental and non-governmental organizations to collectively strengthen the focus on physical activity and work to guarantee a brighter, healthier future for America's youth.

PR Newswire via Yahoo

After-School All-Stars grew out of Inner-City Games, an initiative founded in Los Angeles in 1991 to positively influence and inspire at-risk children and youth. In 1995, Arnold Schwarzenegger founded the Inner-City Games Foundation to expand the program nationwide. The name was changed to After-School All-Stars in July 2003.

[mewzilla]

Cisneros is a co-chair? Well, that figures. He and Kerry have so much in common....

[John Lenin]

Don't worry I won't vote for this phoney again even if It means I have to vote for a RAT to get him out of office. He is a total disappointment .

[Paleo Conservative]

At least it keeps Cisneros out of Texas.

[Wolfstar]

I agree. While I won't vote for a Dem, I certainly won't vote for Arnold again. I was opposed to the recall and only wound up voting for him in the first place because I didn't want to see Bustamante get elected.

[pctech]

I actually met Cisneros once when he was still mayor of San Antonio, TX. He was honored on the CNN Club back in the early 80's (boy what a crock!) for being a spiritual leader with fundamental values (ack, barf). Anyway, he seemed to be likable and was very pleasant to talk to. It's a shame he did what he did, but we all makes mistakes myself included.