A big chunk of the money that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger collected last year to finance a redistricting ballot measure came from a Florida man now being accused of running a massive Ponzi-style fraud in Florida. Scott Rothstein’s law firm gave $250,000 to the campaign for Proposition 11 just a month before voters passed the measure. The governor’s spokesman says Schwarzenegger has no plans to return the money since it went to the Proposition 11 committee, not his personal campaign account.
WORTH REPEATING
“So is it an emergency if we can’t see that it will end?”
JUDGE FRANK ROESCH,
Alameda Superior Court, asking Gov. Schwarzenegger’s lawyers about the fiscal emergency that prompted furloughs
David A. Sanchez
CAMPAIGN WATCH
The California Teachers Association continues to grapple with whether to pursue either of two proposed ballot initiatives it filed this month to generate billions for schools by raising property taxes on large businesses. CTA President David A. Sanchez said a final decision will be made in January by the group’s state council. Each of the CTA initiatives promises a tax break for homeowners and small businesses.
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