Fri 25 Jan 2008
Yesterday I pointed out in the Battle for Bayview that Lennar’s spending to qualify their land-grab initiative for June’s ballot seemed like a political jobs program for Team Gavin. With over a half a million spent, plenty was spread around to Newsom’s political operatives.
Well, today Lennar submitted another supplemental filing to Ethics, showing they’ve dropped another $113,000 into their signature-gathering effort. Over $90,000 of this has gone to pay off Gavin’s political handlers. This brings Lennar’s total so far to nearly $625,000! The take-home for San Francisco’s political class? Over $360,000. And keep in mind that the campaign hasn’t even begun!
Didn’t anyone tell Lennar that Gavin could’ve placed the measure on for free?
For those keeping score at home, we’ve spent less than $2000 on the Bayview Affordable Housing Initiative so far.
January 29th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
A non-sequitor: There was an advertisement in The Examiner that went to the following website:
http://www.thoseshirts.com/?gclid=CPrdqqKfnJECFRpdagodsXNzPw
February 6th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Chris,
Congratulations on the successful signature drive. I’m amazed at how Lennar had to spend well-over $600,000 to get their measure on the ballot (with the luxury of having more time to do so) while a rag-tag team of volunteers was able to do the same with little money and time. You remind me of George Bailey from “It’s a Wonderful Life”.