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November 3, 2010 | 7:20 am

Meg Whitman:  Millions Down the Toilet and No Pot to Take The Edge Off

Posted by Ilana Angel

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If I spent 142 million dollars on something, and in the end did not get what I spent all the money on, I would be pissed.  It is mind boggling that Meg Whitman spent so much of her own personal money on a campaign that did not make her Governor.

She told her supporters, “Tonight has not turned out quite as we had hoped. We’ve come up a little short, but certainly not for lack of hard work, determination and a clear vision for making our state better.  We overcame great obstacles to get this far, and I could not be any prouder.”

You blow through 142 million dollars and that’s it?  You came up a little short?  Do you think she fell asleep crying?  Woke up crying?  Does she have so much money that 142 million dollars is not a big deal? No matter how rich, that has got to hurt.

She could have been a hero to California, and an inspiration to other wealthy Americans, if she had simply given that money to the education system.  Schools are suffering, and she could have made a huge impact with that money.  Hindsight is 20/20, but this was a no brainer.

Could she have spent half the money and run the same campaign?  Could she have started her ad campaigns later in the season and saved a ton of cash?  If she had agreed to pull negative ads at the debate with Brown, like he did, would she have won?  We’ll never know.

This is not a political blog.  I am writing about the fact that there are a lot of people, with a lot of money, and they need to help the state, rather than worry about running the state.  How many scholarships would 142 million dollars provide to needy students?

Being a Canadian citizen, I don’t vote.  This is not about bashing Whitman because I am a Brown supporter.  This is about a mother who thinks it’s wrong that teachers, who are educating future generations, need to buy their own school supplies because there is no money.

Whitman may in fact give a lot of money to help people, but all we’ve heard about is how much money she spent on becoming Governor.  I feel bad for her. I imagine she is heartbroken to have invested 142 million dollars into something that has become nothing.

I hope this election leads to change.  We can’t continue to buy into the American Dream rhetoric when the country is falling apart.  This is the United States of America and it’s time we all united because if we go on like this much longer, it may be impossible to rebuild.

To add insult to injury, Meg Whitman can’t even console herself with a big fat joint to take the edge off.  Damn it California, how much can one woman take?  No win AND no pot?  As we begin the madness that will be the run to 2012, all we can do is hope for the best, and keep the faith.

 

 

 

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ilana,
megs networth is $1,200,000,000.00~~~that is $1.2 billion!!
$142,000.000.00 is about an 8th of her networth, which is chump change most likely in her mind.
i have read and/or heard, that acrossed the board, that there was over 4 billion spent on “2010” november 2 election for these campaigns. my question is ‘why?’.
i’m just sayin’...
(o.m.g.)
who has one million, one billion or even one trillion to spare? who wins with all that spending???

Comment by zero milligrams (o.m.g.) on 11/03/10 at 8:56 am

I think it is ironic that you think that Meg should have spent her own funds differnetly - why wouldn’t you state the the teachers union who are using the funds that they collected from the TEACHERS should have been utlized to help the teachers and the education system?  If you look at the amount of funds spent by unions in this state so that they can continue the strangle hold on their canidates you would understand the loss that this state will suffer due to the fact that they elected the wrong person for governor.

Comment by rosemary allison on 11/04/10 at 10:27 am

rosemary it seems to me Ilana is wondering if meg would have won if she had either spent her money differently or used it to fix something that needs fixing rather than spending the money to tell people she would fix it…I know that if a candidate put their money to fix something, they would get my vote.

Comment by tracy on 11/04/10 at 6:34 pm

Too bad it is too late to vote for her - please read one of the reasons she wasn’t embraced by the Right wing Republican coalition:
Meg Whitman and the Delta Smelt
Meg Whitman’s charitable foundation, established ostensibly for charitable purposes, inexplicably gave at least $300,000 to the Environmental Defense Fund’s Center For Rivers and Deltas. In 2007, Meg Whitman’s foundation gave $100,000 to EDF. Not content with that amount, Meg Whitman doubled down in 2008 by donating $200,000.
The water crisis is affecting jobs in the Central Valley, with most cities and towns hovering near a 15% unemployment rate. The EDF has continually sided with the fish over the farmers and Meg Whitman’s $300,000 donation helped fund these efforts. Over the past few years, EDF has argued that:
•Water is too cheap.
•Water should be rationed.
•Choosing between fish and people = false choice.
•Waiving the Endangered Species Act would not secure the economic health of the Central Valley
•Eliminating the Endangered Species Act would not restore the economy in the Central Valley
•Protections for endangered fish are not the major cause of farmers’ water-related struggles
•Central Valley farmers had no right to sue the federal government when it reduced water deliveries under the Endangered Species Act.
Meg Whitman’s decision to donate $300,000 to EDF raises serious questions about her judgment and what she truly believes.

She and her husband established a charitable foundation with which they have donated a lot of money for many causes.  Her reasons for running were altruistic - and the people that did not vote for her guaranteed that our state will continue the exodus of tax paying individuals and business.  Meg Whitman did an incredible job of visiting and connecting with millions of people during this campaign - what other candidate has been willing to do that? Forget the money! Consider the time she spent - she was even endorsed by this Newspaper!

Comment by rosemary allison on 11/04/10 at 10:55 pm

I find it absurdly comical when people go public with their suggestions on where other people should direct their own money. If Whitman “wasted” $142 million, it’s her business. It doesn’t affect us personally. Redirect your ire to the State which continues to waste billions in tax dollars for golden parachutes and on poorly managed projects that never come to fruition.

Comment by frankie frank on 11/06/10 at 1:00 pm

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