GOVERNOR MULTI-TASKS AT CHICAGO FUNDRAISER
Yesterday, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s press office issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Senate's reauthorization of the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP).
"During my campaign, I promised to go to Washington and fight for more federal funding for California. Each time I have traveled to Washington, one of my highest priorities has been securing reimbursement for the costs of incarcerating criminal aliens. Even today I met with the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representative's, Dennis Hastert, and SCAAP was one of the issues we discussed.”
In response to this press release, we had a few questions:
1) Did anyone on the Governor’s staff inform the governor that Chicago isn’t in Washington?
2) Since when does attending a fundraiser in Chicago equal fighting for federal funds in Washington DC?
3) This “special” meeting with Hastert, did it consist of the Governor leaning across the table and asking about SCAAP after the Speaker introduced him at the Chicago fundraiser? Or was there a more formal sit-down is some sort of smoking balcony?
4) How many of the Governor’s taxpayer-funded staff joined him on his campaign fundraising trip to help him manage the SCAAP meeting? Do they get to bill the taxpayers for their time and travel as a result? Does issuing the Hastert press release provide cover for taxpayer-funded travel?
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"During my campaign, I promised to go to Washington and fight for more federal funding for California. Each time I have traveled to Washington, one of my highest priorities has been securing reimbursement for the costs of incarcerating criminal aliens. Even today I met with the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representative's, Dennis Hastert, and SCAAP was one of the issues we discussed.”
In response to this press release, we had a few questions:
1) Did anyone on the Governor’s staff inform the governor that Chicago isn’t in Washington?
2) Since when does attending a fundraiser in Chicago equal fighting for federal funds in Washington DC?
3) This “special” meeting with Hastert, did it consist of the Governor leaning across the table and asking about SCAAP after the Speaker introduced him at the Chicago fundraiser? Or was there a more formal sit-down is some sort of smoking balcony?
4) How many of the Governor’s taxpayer-funded staff joined him on his campaign fundraising trip to help him manage the SCAAP meeting? Do they get to bill the taxpayers for their time and travel as a result? Does issuing the Hastert press release provide cover for taxpayer-funded travel?
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