Was Activist Campaign Financed By Taxpayers?
According to Hugh Hewitt, the LA Times is soft in their investigation of Rob Reiner's First Five State Commission. You can visit Hewitt's article on the LA Times coverage here. I am going to stick to what the political landscape to what this story might be.
While the topic seems benign the controversy is about Reiner's conflict of interst as the sponsor of Prop 82, which seeks to raise 2.4 billion from from a 1/7% tax hike on Californians making more than $400,000 anually.
Reiner spent $25 million on an ad campaign "preschool for all." That is the largest state-funded ad campaign in the California's history. The ad campaign coincided with the petition drive to get Prop 82 on the ballot.
The question raised by many was whether Reiner used his official capacity a director to use state funds to push his activist agenda onto the ballot.
The person who can be affected the most by this is Governor Schwarzenegger. With mounting criticism on his leadership abilities he needs to take action of some sort. California Republicans are asking why he hasn't replaced Reiner, who's appointment to the commission expired before Arnold was governor. At the very least he needs to make a public investigation into the matter.
If the governor doesn't act on the issue in some manner he will lose his base and chances at re-election in the fall.
While the topic seems benign the controversy is about Reiner's conflict of interst as the sponsor of Prop 82, which seeks to raise 2.4 billion from from a 1/7% tax hike on Californians making more than $400,000 anually.
Reiner spent $25 million on an ad campaign "preschool for all." That is the largest state-funded ad campaign in the California's history. The ad campaign coincided with the petition drive to get Prop 82 on the ballot.
The question raised by many was whether Reiner used his official capacity a director to use state funds to push his activist agenda onto the ballot.
The person who can be affected the most by this is Governor Schwarzenegger. With mounting criticism on his leadership abilities he needs to take action of some sort. California Republicans are asking why he hasn't replaced Reiner, who's appointment to the commission expired before Arnold was governor. At the very least he needs to make a public investigation into the matter.
If the governor doesn't act on the issue in some manner he will lose his base and chances at re-election in the fall.
posted by PoliticalNut at 2:08 PM
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