Whitman Spends $140 Million Much of It Her Own Money

[Elmore Furth]

Whitman should have forked a few bucks for a long vacation abroad for her housekeeper.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 5, 2010
Filed at 12:08 a.m. ET on October 06, 2010

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Republican Meg Whitman has spent more than $140 million so far on her campaign for California governor, nearly $40 million of it during the last three months, she reported Tuesday.

The amount the billionaire former eBay chief executive has spent on advertising and political consultants, most of it from her personal fortune, stands in sharp contrast to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown, who reported Tuesday that he has spent $10.7 million this year, nearly all of it since Labor Day.

Brown reported $22.6 million in campaign cash as he heads into the final month of the race against Whitman. He has raised about $33.5 million since forming an exploratory committee last year and has benefited from independent spending by unions.

Campaign finance reports filed Tuesday show Whitman has raised $29.5 million from outside sources, about $4.7 million from out-of-state donors, since she entered the race last year. In her first run for public office, she has given $119 million of her own money, a record for a U.S. candidate.


Whitman Spends $140M, Much of It Her Own Money

[Elmore Furth]

1. Whitman's ex-housekeeper files claims for unpaid wages

Hoist by her own petard.

You should always be nice to the little people.

The furor over Meg Whitman's employment of an illegal immigrant continued to roil the California governor's race Tuesday, with her former housekeeper filing a claim with the state seeking unpaid wages and attorney Gloria Allred denying claims that her involvement has been funded by Whitman's political enemies.

Nicandra Diaz Santillan, who worked for Whitman from 2000 to 2009, disputed Whitman's assertions that she is a pawn of those who oppose Whitman's run for governor. She said she chose to come forward to shed light on the plight of undocumented workers who live in the "shadows."

"Meg Whitman was wrong when she said somebody put a gun to my head. Nobody did. I spoke out because I want people to know who Meg Whitman really is," Diaz Santillan said at a news conference at Allred's Los Angeles office.

The celebrity attorney filed a claim with the state Department of Industrial Relations seeking unpaid wages and mileage reimbursement, but declined to release the details about the claim. The department said Diaz Santillan's claim asked for $6,210.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-1006-whitman-20101006,0,3603136.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fmostviewed+%28L.A.+Times+-+Most+Viewed+Stories%29">Whitman's ex-housekeeper files claims for unpaid wages

[papou01]

3. THE LESSON

You are so right! The Lesson: this woman is going to find out that she CANNOT buy this election! I can't believe that kind of thing is even allowed. She needs to scuttle back to NY where she came from and see if she can buy an election there. Perhaps she can run against that thug, and pig, Paladino next time around.:bounce:

[rbilancia]

2. Yeah, and it is all going down the shithole. Brown is going to beat this nasty BITCH hard.