I’ve been contacted by a couple of big wheels from Team Arnold this morning about this whole issue of the Governor appearing with Jerry Brown today.  The message:  The Governor today is going around the state touting a public policy victory with members of the legislature.  The Governor’s stop in Oakland is less about Jerry Brown (or rather, not about Brown at all, they say) but about it being the home district of State Senate President Don Perata.

Of course, not lost on anyone is the fact that Jerry Brown is not just the Mayor of Oakland, but is also the leading Democratic contender for the office of Attorney General.  So the challenge for the Governor is going to be how to "kick off" the Democrats who will cling to his pant legs, anxious to spend time with a Republican who is touting the largest spending plan in California history. 

In my humble opinion, inviting enemies of freedom and liberty to fly on his airplane is not the best start.  Especially given that Perata and Nunez probably don’t believe that any single person should be morally allowed to accumulate enough wealth to own their own plane.

That said, I did want to make sure that FR readers did not interpret the Mayor of Oakland attending the BIG BOND$ event in his city as some sort of endorsement of Brown’s campaign.  I’ve been assured that Brown does not have a speaking role.

Brown, of course, would rather "brown-nose" with the celebrity Governor than confront the balooning crime rates in his own city

This entry was posted on Monday, May 8th, 2006 at 12:00 am and is filed under Blog Posts.