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UPDATE: Mark Leno Loaned His Campaign $100K On Saturday?
This is for all your political fetishists out there: why is Mark Leno donating this sum of cash to his own campaign? (Go here, type "leno" in "Name of Filer," "10000" or so in the "Contribution Amount" minimum box, and then click the search button to generate the above info.)
We're dipping into the M&R-y whirlpool here, but isn't it bad to put your own money into your campaign? Isn't it easier to raise $100k by fundraising at swank parties than actually working, making a salary, and then donating to yourself? Local readers who actually find this Critical stuff remotely interesting, feel free to chime in and educate us. We're missing something here. Clearly.
Then again, maybe the money was lent by a different Mark Leno? Who also lives in California? And is a state assemblyman?
Update: One of Mark Leno's minions responds to little ol', silly SFist -- along with a delicious pun on your Editor's name! -- after the jump.
from: Shannan Velayas xxxxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx
to: brock@sfist.com
date: Tue, May 13, 2008 at 1:18 PM
subject: Re: 3rd Senate District
Hi Broke--
I saw your piece just come through online--
Why did Mark donate to his campaign? Because of the corporate interests that have just dumped 100K into the race for Joe Nation.
Here is a link to the Independent Expenditure site for Joe showing CJAC's dump of 100K into the race for Joe Nation:
http://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Candidates/Detail.aspx?id=1005654&view=lateexpn
Who is CJAC? This is CJAC: http://www.cjac.org/about/board.cfm
As you can see, CJAC represents pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, and oil companies. They are desperately pouring money into this race because they know Mark Leno will stand up for consumers, patients, and workers. Leno is not going to stand by while these corporate interests try to buy this election so Joe Nation can carry their water in the Senate just as he did in the Assembly.
He did it for the shirtless ones, folks; to outshine the enemy. He won't disappoint them.