Posted on 07/20/2005 9:21:26 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may be slumping in the polls and beset by conflict-of-interest charges, but the governor's fund-raising team continues to bring in sizable donations, including a $1 million contribution this month.
Schwarzenegger said in January that he would need to raise at least $50 million to support his ballot initiatives in the upcoming Nov. 8 special election. The governor's top money manager said Wednesday the team is more than halfway to that goal.
"We are on track with what we said publicly we would do," said Marty Wilson, a senior Schwarzenegger campaign consultant who oversees fund-raising.
The governor has qualified three initiatives for the ballot to impose new state spending controls, change how legislative districts are drawn and lengthen the probationary period for public school teachers before they are granted tenure.
Voter disapproval over the call for a special election surrounding the election has driven Schwarzenegger's popularity down in the polls to the lowest level since taking office. A June Field Poll showed his job approval rating at 37 percent.
Last week's disclosure that the governor had a multimillion dollar consultant contract with a fitness magazine with interests before the Legislature sparked new controversy. Democrats filed with the state's political watchdog agency that Schwarzenegger has violated conflict of interest rules.
Almost daily, however, the governor files campaign contribution reports indicating he remains popular among core Republicans and business groups.
The largest of the contributions so far in July was $1 million given to Schwarzenegger's California Recovery Team by B. Wayne Hughes, chairman of Glendale-based Public Storage Inc., which owns 1,400 storage facilities in 37 states.
Hughes is a major GOP donor, having contributed more than $600,000 to Republican political organizations in 2004.
for gods sake arnie use the money. All i see on tv are whining teachers and not a single ad by arnold. and his advisors wonder why his polls are sagging.
If I see Sandra Fink one more time, ,,, GGGGGrRrrrr
Oh sorry , she was just on.. ;-)
The teacher's union commercials, where they try to gain sympathy for the teachers that Arnold is supposedly trying to persecute, just make me like Arnold all the more. They're just so darn silly.
The teacher's union commercials, where they try to gain sympathy for the teachers that Arnold is supposedly trying to persecute, just make me like Arnold all the more. They're just so darn silly.
for gods sake arnie use the money. All i see on tv are whining teachers and not a single ad by arnold. and his advisors wonder why his polls are sagging.
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And you can probably bet Soros is channeling money to "anti-arne" campaign. The union thugs are really sweating being forced to clean up their act --- now, that assumes Arnie does something with the bucks. He needs to fight, and fight big.
Nothing else will clean up the state...the asylum is being run by the inmates.
This state is run by public employee unions and we need somone to stand up to them. I hope arnie can do it.
Let the spend. Wait.. wait... wait... Spending $$ is a waste in July.
the = them
Keep in mind though the uninons have almost limitless money because they will just raise fees again over the next few years to pay for more advertising to beat back arnold, they already did it earlier this year. Not to mention the moveon.org wackos will be happy to go to war with Arnold. Funny how democrats want to go war with americans but not with terrorists.
i agree, but she is just too hot for me. what a body.
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