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  • SAN FRANCISCO: Gold's Gym franchise exiting over funds to Rove

    10/27/2010 8:15:55 AM PDT · by SmithL · 16 replies
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 10/27/10 | Andrew Ross
    Pumping money, for sure, but one doesn't normally associate Karl Rove with pumping iron. That was before the owner of Gold's Gym International Inc. kicked in $2 million to a Rove operation very much involved in Tuesday's election.That the operation is financing candidates avowedly opposed to all manner of gay rights issues - adoption, marriage, job discrimination, serving in the military - has proved too much for the chain's Bay Area franchise. "Our member base made us aware of this, and we decided on a course of action," Don Dickerson, the franchise's director of operations, said in an interview. After...
  • Gold's Gym Faces Backlash After CEO Gives to GOP Group

    10/26/2010 12:33:52 PM PDT · by Beaten Valve · 29 replies
    CBS News ^ | October 26, 2010 | Stephanie Condon
    Four Gold's Gym franchises in the San Francisco Bay Area are abandoning their brand after learning that their parent company's owner made a large, private donation to American Crossroads, the conservative political group that backs candidates opposed to expanding gay rights. Billionaire Robert Rowling, CEO of TRT Holdings, which owns Gold's, has given more than $2 million this election cycle to American Crossroads, the third party organization with ties to former Bush strategist Karl Rove. Reports of Rowling's significant donations to American Crossroads angered some franchise owners, who said the donations betrayed Gold's strong ties to the gay community. "Gold's...