Howlin' at the moon!
Gavin biting off more than he can chew?
Newsom started rustling up endorsements (and pledges for donations) earlier in the week before officially announcing his bid for the post yesterday, acccording to inside sources close to the scandal-ridden Mayor.
Testing the political waters?
Is he serious?
Well, he plunked down the $2600.00 filing fee, for starters.
Unless money grows on trees in his neck-of-the-woods, I'd speculate that he's rarin' to get on the campaign tweet - um - trail!
The slick San Franciscan has allegedly rustled up $17,950.00 smackeroos to date.
The sum is comprised of donations from two pals who own Esprit (Mark & Susie Buell coughed up $6500.00 each) and the handsome sum of $4950.00 (oddball figure, don't 'ya think?) from a former press secretary.
Ah, the PR game must be pretty lucrative if you can throw around cash like that, eh?
Although Newsom has pooh-poohed the integrity of the post in the past - an empty title with little clout, he joked in so many potshots in the past - he touted the job yesterday and promised to give it the old College try.
I expect His Honor will need some backers with deeper pockets to sashay into his pompous corner to maneuver a win.
Of course, he's not in Barack Obama's league when it comes to fundraising, but tidy little sums dotting the terrain here and there right now are nothing to sniff at.
One has to wonder, though - if the moolah doesn't pan out in the sums he's grovelling for - will he bow out of the race down the road?
Is he crying wolf again?
Or, howling at the moon!
News at 11!
Posts on Gavin Newsom
Mayor's Inaugural
http://ijulian.blogspot.com/2008/01/gavin-newsomat-mayoral-inaugural.html
Green Mayor
http://ijulian.blogspot.com/2008/01/gavin-newsomsan-franciscos-green-mayor.html
Film Commission Scandal
http://ijulian.blogspot.com/2010/01/gavin-newsomscandal-film-commission.html
Main Library
Opening Ceremony
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