Posted on 02/04/2005 9:10:53 AM PST by NormsRevenge
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is becoming entwined in the campaign fundraising efforts of a group that under state law is required to remain independent of him.
As he travels the state to build support for an agenda that would reshape California government, the governor is sharing the stage with leaders of a fundraising committee that has been formed to support his proposals.
State campaign laws dictate that if such committees are under the control of politicians, then the size of the donations the committees can accept must be restricted. The committee, Citizens to Save California, is accepting donations without limits.
On Thursday, Schwarzenegger and a top aide, legislative secretary Richard Costigan, laid out the governor's agenda to invited guests at a private luncheon at the Regency Club in Los Angeles. Another speaker was Allan Zaremberg, president of the California Chamber of Commerce and co-chairman of the fundraising committee, who was invited by the governor's campaign finance team.
The committee has been passing out fundraising literature at similar luncheons. Such events took place in Newport Beach on Wednesday and in San Francisco on Tuesday. More private luncheons are planned next week in Sacramento and San Diego.
An invitation obtained by The Times was printed on Schwarzenegger campaign stationery and describes the lunches as chances for the governor to articulate his "vision for California" and to offer a "briefing on the status of the state's finances" and an "overview" of the governor's "reform plans."
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Even if this article is correct, a little law-breaking to save California is just fine with me...since it would level the playing field a SMALL amount with the criminal liberal left that has DESTROYED THIS STATE. This is a fight for survival for this state. No holds barred in my book.
More girlie-men being the sissies they were born to be.
It's from the LA Times. Of cooouuurrrse , it's true. lol
We are witnessing the end of the honeymoon.. now the real shrieking and howling, gnashing and wailing begins ..
aRnie needs upwards of $55-60 million to even have a chance to push his initiatives over the top.
It's too bad the dems are such gutless little weasels, willing to sell the state out to unions and illegals, and force the people to have to straighten things out via more special elections.
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