Comments on: Another disastrous moment for Whitman

By: For Liberty

For Liberty — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 06:30:36 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpY4o24H0aw

By: John W

John W — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:05:40 +0000

Brown’s best line, in my opinion, was not about the negative ads. I liked his response to Meg talking about how great things used to be 30 years ago — when, as Brown pointed out, you know who was governor.

By: DanvilleDemocrat

DanvilleDemocrat — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:22:32 +0000

Cheap trick, Steve? I don’t see that at all. Pandering, sure, to voters’ better angels. But this could have just as easily backfired on Jerry Brown if he became indignant and talked about being outspent almost 7-to-1.

No, instead, he tried to be classy in that occasionally awkward and usually not-purposefully-calculating Jerry Brown way, complimenting some of Meg Whitman’s “bio/message/issue” ads and pledging to remove his negative ones if she did the same.

You seem to reach this conclusion yourself by the end of your post. But Matt Lauer seemed to be doing what good T.V. news anchors do: channeling voter annoyance at negative ads into something constructive to ask the candidates. Bravo to him.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 06:56:06 +0000

FYI – it’s magnanimous, not magnaminous.

By: John W

John W — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:09:18 +0000

They were discussing the campaign ads on a local radio show earlier, and one caller imitated the typical ad with the following line: “In 1974, Jerry Brown was caught picking his nose. Now, he wants to pick your wallet.”

By: Montana

Montana — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:08:51 +0000

What is the deal with the women GOP governor candidates and their crime propensity sons. Arizona’s Jan Brewer AKA Punky Brewster son (Ronald Brewer) is in jail for kidnapping and sexual assault and California’s Meg Whitman, AKA NutMeg son (Griffith Rutherford Harsh V) was accused of sexually assaulting a female classmate at Princeton University and arrested for breaking a woman’s ankle in California during a bar brawl, no jail time, sweet. I guess these two have Mommy issues.

Nutmeg will lose as will Carly the tremendous failure of HP, don’t come crying to me if the GOP, keeps finding weak candidates, its like Mccain with the half-term Governor Palin all over again, what a joke that was, I mean comedian, talk show guest, commentator, now her new BS on the (of all places) The learning Channel, jack of all trades, master of none.

June 14, 2010, The New York Times, Ebay paid out $200,000 because Nutmeg assaulted an employee, so it’s not the first time she has mistreated an employee.

“The Whitman campaign issued a statement signed by Ms. Whitman that described Ms. Young Mi Kim as a “respected colleague and valuable asset to the company. In any high-pressure working environment, tensions can surface,” the statement said. ” Not quite a denial, what a fool she is.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/us/politics/15whitman.html?_r=1

I must say one thing about Nutmeg is that she is a good parrot and the cracker she wants is CA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU1aEgGViKY

By: Another look

Another look — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:07:01 +0000

The technique and the description is quite masterful and an excellent display of the sort of ability that we may need in dealing with other politicians.
Then again if it was John Burton instead of Meg Whitman he would have simply said that Brown could go F$%$^^ himself.

By: RdwithCypress

RdwithCypress — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:12:11 +0000

I am a life long Democrat living in West Oakland. After I saw Jerry Brown use his Manorial office for personal gain over and over and over I had to become republican! Seriously the guy is dirty as the come. I even voted for him twice. Meg Please win. We cannot have the backroom deals anymore. Just look at what he left for Oakland. Renwick and worse…

Michael Kilian Files Nepotism Complaint Against CEDA Top-Dog Antoinette Holloway-Renwick
Michael Kilian, candidate for city auditor, reported to the Oakland Public Ethics Commission that Building Services Inspection Services Manager Antoinette Holloway-Renwick failed to report a close familial relationship with Arthur Young, who owns Arthur Young Debris Removal Service, the City’s number one blight abatement contractor.
Kilian’s complaint alleges that this relationship costs the City millions of dollars a year because of the preferential treatment Young receives from Holloway-Renwick. Building Services records, as well as a deposition of Holloway-Renwick in an unrelated lawsuit, reveal that Holloway-Renwick was directly responsible for both contract and invoice approval for Arthur Young Debris Removal Service. The amount of those contracts exceeds $4 million since 2007.

A 2007 audit of Public Works contract bidding process showed that Arthur Young Debris Removal Service was the number one Public Works contractor at that time.

Courtney Ruby’s hiring-practices audit, dated October 21, 2009, does not include Holloway-Renwick’s relationship with Arthur Young.

Holloway-Renwick retired several days after Kilian filed his complaint.

http://www.auditoaklandceda.com/index.php?news&nid=25

Courtney Ruby fails to report preferential treatment given to a supporter and misses nepotism within CEDA

Building Services records obtained yesterday show that in 2008 Ruby supporter Carlos Plazola, former Chief of Staff of Ignacio Delafuente, president of Terra Linda Development, and founder of the Oakland Builders’ Alliance, had a $10,000 fence erected at the City’s expense and paid for by Building Services from Fund 2415. The fence was erected by Arthur Young Debris Removal Service, the City’s #1 blight abatement contractor and, according to a complaint filed by Michael Kilian, a relation of former Buiding Services Inspection Services Manager Antoinette Holloway-Renwick.
Building Services records reveal that Holloway-Renwick was directly responsible for both contract and invoice approval for Arthur Young Debris Removal Service.
A 2007 audit of Public Works contract bidding process also showed that Arthur Young was the #1 Public Works contractor at that time.

Courtney Ruby’s nepotism audit does not appear to have either detected or corrected the Renwick/Young nepotism.
Renwick held the title of Inspection Services Manager from 2002 until October 15, when she appears to have retired five days after Kilian’s complaint was received by City staff.

http://www.auditoaklandceda.com/index.php?news&nid=27