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  • CA: Questionable campaigning

    05/08/2005 10:47:44 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 9 replies · 389+ views
    OC Register ^ | 5/8/05 | Jim Hinch and Kimberly Kindy
    SACRAMENTO – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has used taxpayer- funded resources on numerous occasions to advance his own campaign agenda - promoting ballot initiatives and calling on voters to remove Democrats from office - despite several state laws intended to restrict such activities. Schwarzenegger's state staff has planned entire campaign events, scouted locations, overseen construction of elaborate backdrops, and taken and posted campaign photos on the governor's official Web site - often on the taxpayers' dime. State law forbids using "state resources for a campaign activity." The law is designed to prevent politicians from turning taxpayers into de facto campaign contributors....