Coming to a Chamber of Commerce near you…

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According to the Bakersfield Californian (August 4, 2005), the “Governor’s troops” are going to hit the road in a free media push to help prop up the Governor’s flailing political agenda.

Who are these “troops”?

a) Paid political operatives who work for one of the Governor’s various special interest campaign committees?

b) Governor Schwarzenegger’s Finance Director?

c) Representatives from the California Chamber of Commerce?

d) One of Governor Schwarzenegger’s senior education advisors?

If you answered (b) and (d), you are correct. It appears that if you want a member of the Governor’s official taxpayer-funded staff to come to your hometown, all you have to do is call Todd Harris who appears to be the booking agent for the Governor’s campaign organization.

Recent campaign reports filed with the Secretary of State showed that the governor's campaign committees had spent almost $23 million. One would think that the Governor’s political team could hire a speaker’s bureau to push their political agenda and not use government employees. But this mixing of campaigning and governing should not be surprising. This Administration has already demonstrated through their actions that they can’t tell the difference between one side of L Street or the other.

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