To avoid any hint of influence buying, any company that might want a government contract at any time in the future must avoid making any politically related donations. If any company has made a political donation in the past, it must never try for a government contract in the future. < /sarcasm>
If this company is well-connected then it has been dealing with lots of governors or at least as far back as Davis. As elections near it is anticipated that the MSM will be digging up all they can on Republicans.
Of all the preposterous blandisments to which I've ever been subjected, this one takes the cake.
I never thought I would miss "Big Daddy" Jesse Unruh, but I do now: "If you can't take their money, eat their food, drink their booze, screw their women, and then vote against them the next day, you don't belong in this town." At least he was an honest crook... er, I mean "Democrat."
Ahhhh... Geo Group again, eh? I wonder if Arduin still has her directorship of its affiliate.
I see they've gone from the no-bid contracts of last year to being the sole bidder on this contract. Doesn't California have some kind of 'competition in contracting' laws? If they don't, they should.