Are Meg Whitman's Campaign Donors Funding Her Loutish Son's Salary?

[Hannah Bell]

Whitman doesn't like to draw attention to son Griff. After all, he was suspended from Princeton and has a reputation for entitled belligerence when drinking. Yet she's publicly funneling money to Solamere Capital LLC where, last time we checked, Harsh worked as an "analyst." According to newly released campaign expenditure filings, Whitman For Governor 2010 spent $96,000 with Solamere in four months...

That's especially odd because Solamere Capital is not a political consulting firm. It pitches itself as an investment firm focused on private equity. It had reportedly raised close to $200 million as of June, and counts former Walmart CEO Lee Scott among its partners.

Of course, it's worth noting that the firm's co-founders include the son of Mitt Romney, the former Republican governor of Massachusetts and presidential candidate, and Spencer Zwick, a former finance director for Romney's campaign.

Zwick is also an advisor and director for Whitman's campaign. But he's collected more than 40 payments related to that work from Whitman through his SJZ, Inc., according to finance records. So why would Whitman pay additional money through Solamere?

http://gawker.com/5462480/are-meg-whitmans-campaign-donors-funding-her-loutish-sons-salary


Meg = the product of five generations of super-richness:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7694259

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7694259&mesg_id=7697838

[shawcomm]

1. Loutish.. excellent word

and very apt when describing most repubes.