Seriesly. :wtf:
http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/09/22/2088372/whitman-fresno-looks-like-detroit.htmlRepublican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman set off a political stink-bomb in the Valley on Wednesday with an off-hand remark: "Fresno looks like Detroit. It's awful."
Hours after the San Jose Mercury News reported the comment, Whitman and her allies were furiously doing damage control, delivering a unified message: The former eBay CEO, speaking to that newspaper's editorial board Tuesday, had been referring to the region's high unemployment and economic struggles, not to the city itself....
Others, however, felt Whitman was guilty of poor word choice -- or worse.
"Meg Whitman is not a friend of Fresno," said Billie MacDougall, a longtime resident and Democratic Party activist. "Perhaps she could donate $500,000 to help make Fresno more like Beverly Hills than like Detroit."Note to NutMeg: The Central Valley has
always struggled with sky-high, generally double-digit, unemployment rates. If she had actually bothered to learn anything about the state she wantys to rule, she would know that. :eyes:
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