Gov.'s Donor Under Fire From State(Arnold/"criminal elder-neglect"owner)

[rainbow4321]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bernabe20jun20,0,6092526.story?coll=la-home-headlines

A week after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger returned $10,000 to an Ohio contributor under federal fraud investigation, campaign finance reports show that the governor has accepted $67,300 from a La Cañada Flintridge nursing home operator whose company faces criminal elder-neglect charges.

Emmanuel I. Bernabe, who owns or has interests in 35 California nursing homes, was listed as one of 14 dinner chairmen at a Schwarzenegger fundraiser at the Century Plaza Hotel on March 16.

One day later, Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer filed a 13-count complaint against Bernabe's Pleasant Care Corp., alleging that the company and its Napa facility neglected residents, imperiling their health. The company has pleaded not guilty; the facility has been closed.

Since the start of Schwarzenegger's administration, state regulators have cited 11 of Bernabe's homes at least 51 times and levied $285,000 in fines against his nursing homes, according to records provided by the Department of Health Services and a watchdog group, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform.

[acmavm]

1. Proof that like water, politicians sink to their own level. "By thy

campaign contributors thou shalt be known."

[kevinmc]

2. Gee, No Wonder Cyborg Is Against Nurses n/t

[roguevalley]

3. what can you expect from the son of a Nazi SS man? They had

programs to kill 'useless eaters' in the old days. Why would he care?

[rainbow4321]

5. Guess he can add AARP members..

to the list of people who will be <or at least NEED to be> protesting at his next public appearance!
Is he going to "kick their butt", too???

[Straight Shooter]

4. Timing is everything. What did Arnie know, and when did he know it?

People who abuse the elderly are among the worst of the worst.

[confludemocrat]

6. Pity for another tragic Kennedy story: that she married this asshole

Sinking that low as to have become his "helpmate".

[olddad56]

8. I tell ya Jed, that girl don't look right.

[Megahurtz]

7. What a slime.

RECALL!!!:bounce:RECALL!!!