Outsiders said to fund Schwarzenegger bid

[Judi Lynn]

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 · Last updated 2:16 a.m. PT

Outsiders said to fund Schwarzenegger bid

By TOM CHORNEAU
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Despite Arnold Schwarzenegger's pledge to bankroll his own political leap into the governor's mansion, new campaign statements show that supporters gave him more than half of what he needed during last year's recall campaign.

Schwarzenegger's fund-raising juggernaut brought in more than $27 million in support of his gubernatorial campaign and other political efforts during 2003, according to reports filed Monday.

Supporters also helped pay off debt from a 2002 ballot measure for after-school programs and to finance the governor's crusade to get voters to approve $15 billion in bonds in the upcoming March election. (snip)

The governor's primary campaign committee, Californians for Schwarzenegger, received $22 million in contributions in 2003, an amount that included $4 million in loans that Schwarzenegger took out in support of his candidacy.

A Superior Court judge ruled last week that those loans exceeded voter-approved campaign finance restrictions that put a $100,000 limit on the amount a candidate can lend his or her campaign.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Recall%20Schwarzenegger%20Money

[mrdmk]

1. Money for this , money for that

Nothing like buying Governorship on a loan all the while say you are going to put a states finances in order.

[arcane1]

2. the guy who said he is so rich, he doesn't NEED to take money..

yet he actually took more than was legally allowed

:eyes:

he's a republican, for sure!

[yellowcanine]

3. Arnold lied? I am shocked.

What is the world coming to with all of these lying Republicans?
Well, at least he didn't lie about a blow job. Or WMDs.

[kskiska]

4. Pataki Staging $50k a-Person Event for Arnold

(1010 WINS) (ALBANY) Gov. George Pataki is arranging a $50,000-a-person private dinner for fellow Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California to be held at the Manhattan home of millionaire businessman Robert Wood Johnson IV.

An invitation to the Feb. 24 event, a copy of which was obtained Monday by The Associated Press, said the money is being raised to help finance Schwarzenegger's California Recovery Team, a general purpose fund-raising committee.

The newly elected California governor is pressing a $15 billion bond issue being voted on next month by Californians. What would be the biggest state bond issue in history is needed to help get the state out of its fiscal problems, according to Schwarzenegger.

"The CRT will be the principal organization supporting the implementation of the twin missions of the governor's first year in office -- fiscal recovery and economic recovery," said the invitation sent by Pataki's top fund-raisers. "Since there are March 2, 2004, ballot initiatives that greatly affect the governor's efforts, time is of the essence."

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http://1010wins.com/topstories/winstopstories_story_033164752.html

[mrdmk]

5. And I am voting NO on $15 billion bond issue

Arnold said he was going to open the books and remove all of the corruption. Instead he brings in Jeb Bush's finance minister from Florida and starts hacking away at the safety nets for the underprivileged. Who is in charge here Arnold?

[truthisfreedom]

6. ahh-nother republican liar.

[Justitia]

7. and CA gets it's just desserts

Just like the idiots in my own Lone Star State.

Sorry to those that weren't completely star-screwed by the guy, and had enough sense to vote against him. I completely empathize with you. I think CA will have to get as bad or worse than TX before anything good happens.

For us Texans, we can only hope to be reassimilated into Mexico.

[mrdmk]

8. Arnold was the media's darling

I know that Texas is in sorry shape for anybody hoping to have an independant life. Arnold was given a pass to the govenors office, just like the Texas energy companies were given a pass turning off the electricity. The one thing Texas does not have is the population problem that California has at this point. Because of this there are controls here that a very sutule and one would not know if they did not know what to look for.