Posted on 02/01/2006 7:19:12 AM PST by NormsRevenge
SACRAMENTO Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is entering his reelection campaign $410,000 in debt, while his Democratic rivals and union foes are armed with more than $50 million.
He also continued supplementing his aides' government salaries by paying them additional sums in campaign money, according to campaign reports filed with the state Tuesday.
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Although his opponents spent almost $100 million to defeat the initiatives Schwarzenegger championed in the November vote, many of them emerged with hefty bank accounts.
Controller Steve Westly and Treasurer Phil Angelides, who are competing in the Democratic primary to face the Republican governor next November, started the new year with $24 million and $17.1 million respectively, their reports show.
At $59.8 million, the California Teachers Assn. was the biggest spender in 2005, leading the effort ... But the union, .. nevertheless started the new year with $11.6 million.
The California Correctional Peace Officers' Assn., the prison officers' union that also worked to defeat the governor's measures, reported having at least $5.3 million. .. State Council of Service Employees, a union representing many government employees, spent $20.1 million .. and has $675,000 heading into the 2006 election.
Schwarzenegger's reelection campaign account had $147,000 in cash and $557,000 in debt as of Dec. 31. Donors generally cannot give more than $22,300 each to a gubernatorial candidate. Schwarzenegger is allowed to spend unlimited sums of his own money on his campaign.
The governor has a separate fund for promoting and opposing ballot initiatives. After he spent $45 million for that account, it had $503,000 in cash and debt of $278,000.
Marty Wilson, who oversees fund-raising for the governor, ... "I'm confident we'll have the funds necessary," Wilson said.
Angelides and Westly need war chests for the primary fight, while Schwarzenegger probably won't have a June challenger.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
worth repeating
This, fellow conservatives, is the way to stop the gang. Shut off the flow of grass roots cash. The New Majority financiers are limited this year, for the first time, to an "issue oriented" campaign. The gang needs the grass roots to compete.
If you want to get the gang out of office stop sending in donations. Say NO to Schwarzenegger, McCarthy and Sundheim.Talk to your friends. Let's get rid of the corruption in the Republican party. Lets clean house in Orange County!
Just say NO and direct the savings to conservative candidates.
To which conservative candidates are you referring?
Specifics after March 10 and again after August 11. Can't tell the players without a program.
Right now I'm encouraging conservatives to financially choke off patient 0 in the spreading CRP malignancy (Sundheim), identified Republican liberals (Schwarzenegger et al) and Republican legislators corrupting our republican (small r) system in the Legislature (McCarthy).
If the Republican Party is to remain politically significant in California it has to remain anchored to conservative principles. Its meanderings, whether quasi-liberal or quasi-fascist, and its attempt to muzzle the minority voice in the Legislature, sadly conservative members of its own party, will not well serve this grand old party.
"Say, now that I think of it, did that 'substitute gardener' we had last month look a little bit like Howard Dean with a pasted-on Frito Bandito mustache?"
I suppose I should resemble that remark...
PRICELESS!!!
Since you introduced the subject into evidence and opened the door to cross examination, do you recall the largest amount your campaign spent on a single attempt at elected office?
Arnold can get all the money he needs from his Democrat friends. Very few dollars will come in from true Conservatives.
Like 2 days ago when you called Tom McClintock a prostitute?
Good question. Glad it was asked.
Senator McClintock was portrayed as a victim of political trafficking and unlike victims of human trafficking, there is little a candidate can do about it.
Human trafficking, a felony in California, is frequently used to prosecute those promoting forced, sexual prostitution. Political trafficking, the act of forcing candidates into ideological prostitution, is a protected, 1st Amendment right and is freely practiced by the CRP utilizing the financial muscle of New Majority donors.
In civil society, acts of extortion are classified as racketeering and are prosecutable under the Rico Statutes. In politics, they're called partisanship and are a protected form of political speech, especially popular in Orange County.
Tom's no victim and he sure is no leader of yours.
I stand on the first five!!! (smirk!)
Let the cancer grow. Californication deserves it. Republicans should abandon the cesspool.
"Here's a clue: nobody with real money runs for office themselves unless they are a clueless fool. It's too easy to find a gutless, craven, and pretty weasel to do it for you."
What do you consider "real money" is ?
Depends upon the office, the location, the media market...
If you think the likes of Eli Broad, John Bryson, or Red Emerson, need to run for office in order to gain any benefit from the State of California, I've got news for you.
""Here's a clue: nobody with real money runs for office themselves unless they are a clueless fool. "
but when asked to identify "real money" the answer is -
"Depends upon the office, the location, the media market..."
So lets say Los Angeles Mayor - what would "real money" be in that case ?
A fine example would be Bill Tishman.
"So lets say Los Angeles Mayor - what would "real money" be in that case ?
A fine example would be Bill Tishman."
A fine example of what ?
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