Arnold won't terminate Reiner

Fresno Bee ^ | 03-21-06 | Gail Marshall

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During an editorial board meeting with The Fresno Bee today, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he won't fire Democratic activist Rob Reiner, a director and fellow actor, as chairman of the California Children and Families Commission. Reiner has taken a leave of absence from the First Five Commission after reports of questionable spending under his tenure. He 's pushing Proposition 82, the universal preschool initiative on the June ballot. The commission reportedly used $23 million in tax dollars for advertisements supporting universal preschool while Reiner was collecting signatures to get his preschool initiative on the ballot.

Schwarzenegger said there is only an "appearance" of a problem with Reiner, and he sees no reason to remove him at this point. The governor said it isn't right to dump Reiner without evidence of wrongdoing. The auditors are looking into the issue, the governor said, and Reiner is "innocent until proven guilty." Besides, Schwarzenegger said, he wouldn't do that to a friend.

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