Critics Say Calif. Gov. Hides Spending...$252 thousand

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38112-2004Aug3.html

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has funneled nearly a quarter million dollars of campaign money to a lobbying committee that promotes his views without disclosing how the money is spent or where it came from, records show.

Campaign finance experts called the private nonprofit California Recovery Team a slush fund that allows the governor to skirt disclosure laws that apply to most political committees.

The governor's lawyer said he has done nothing illegal and blamed campaign-disclosure rules that require few details from lobbying committees.

The committee filed campaign-finance reports showing it spent $252,013 to influence legislative or administrative action, but it did not say where the money went or where it came from.

The sources of the money were determined only by checking payments from two Schwarzenegger committees; by passing the money through those funds, the governor avoided revealing its ultimate source.

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I campaigned against his election. That David Dreier is alway around him. Seems like his Rove-like handler or something. Not surprised by this. Not pleased.

Or will they kiss Arnold's ass like usual?