Jerry Brown: 'Remarkable' that CalChamber gave $1.3m in political ad business to 'out of state' co.

[Newsjock]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown Friday sharply dismissed suggestions from Republican Meg Whitman's campaign that he pressured members of the CalChamber to withdraw its anti-Brown ads; he called the spots "false and deceptive'' and charged the Whitman campaign has lied about his role.

And, Brown, the state Attorney General, also pointedly jabbed the CalChamber in the wake of reports suggesting it outsourced the $1.3 million campaign -- which it called an "advocacy" effort -- to a Washington, D.C.-based production firm and a Maryland-based ad placement firm. Those details were reported Friday in Calbuzz.com, which wrote: "Why was the ad -- which decries job losses in California -- produced at Interface Media Group in Washington, DC, and why was it placed by Mentzer Media of Townsend, MD? Who made the ad? Who financed it? Did anyone at the Chamber get a commission or a fee?"

... Said Brown of the Chamber: "I find it remarkable that the Chamber was giving business to out-of-state companies when we have so many really good companies in California that can do these (political) spots." (Response from Chamber spokeswoman Denise Davis: "The back and forth only draws more attention to the ad. We've moved on. The ad buy is entirely in California and the dollars are significant. Production costs for the ad were minimal.")

The Democratic gubernatorial candidate made the comments Friday to reporters following an hour-long question and answer session at Mt. View-based Google, where he spoke to some 300 firm employees and sat for an in-depth interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt.

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[JuniperLea]

1. "We've moved on."

Gee... where have I heard that one before? :eyes:

[Barbara2423]

2. That means they got caught.

Whitman sounds like Arnold. And we all know what shape California is in.

[alstephenson]

3. So we've got some "unrec" trolls on this thread.

They love their Meggie - and big business. Go, Jerry!

[bleever]

4. Meg thinks there's a "Buy It Now" button for the governorship.

Jerry knows the wheels and levers of government.

He's going to clean her clock, and then maybe he can sell it on eBay.