| $300 million price tag on initiative battles - Unions, drug firms biggest spenders - John Wildermuth, Chronicle Political Writer - Wednesday, November 2, 2005 Thirty contributors have bankrolled nearly two-thirds of the estimated $300 million that will be spent on Tuesday's special election. The high rollers include unions, drug companies, business groups and individuals that have pumped $1 million apiece or more -- often much more -- into the initiative battle called by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Led by the $56.6 million spent by the California Teachers Association, these contributors have raised more than $189 million for an off-year election no one expected. "It's an unprecedented amount of money that violates the intent of all the campaign spending laws," said Joe Cerrell, a longtime Democratic consultant. "It's just crazy." ......... |
And that doesn't even include the cost to the counties of hosting the election.
What a stupid, senseless waste of citizens' hard-earned cash, all because Governor Groperzenegger's balls are so tiny from so many steroids. On the other hand, most of these same citizens voted for him in the first place, so someone like myself can only shake my head in disgust at the entire State. Who ever thought Gray Davis would, in retrospect, look so good?
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