Newsom Throws $100,000 Block Party

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Wyclef Jean

While trolling over in Sacramento this past weekend at the Democratic convention, Mayor Gavin Newsom, according to Matier et Ross, threw a $100,000 block party. Would you expect anything less? Anyway, the possible future governor of California spared little expense, featuring 1,500 reusable aluminum water bottles, embossed with Gavin's name; plenty of nibbles and booze; and a performance by (the notoriously prickly) Wyclef Jean. Even Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson made an cameo to declare the"next governor of California." (Booze? block party? hip hop? How very urban of you, Gavin.) The bill, M&R go on to report, was collected from sponsors such as AT&T, PG&E., the California Teachers Association, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 6, and Greentech California. In related news, Siebel doesn't seem to be showing yet.

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I'm calling surrogate on this. Just the whole way it was announced was conspicuous. AND if they know the sex of the baby, I'd have to think that she'd look at least a little 'bloated.'

Newsom's gonna be burning through a lot of cash before he loses. How do I get in on receiving some of that money?

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I hope Jen is very excited to be a Mom. My wife is never happy with the amount of help I can give her with our 10 week old, and I'm not running for Governor.

You might point out to her that no one held a gun to her kid and forced her to have a kid (and I say this as a mother myself). Any woman who thinks a man is going to split childcare duties 50-50 is delusional.

Then again, you probably don't want to be celibate and/or living in the doghouse for the foreseeable future, so maybe that's not good advice.

Or rather, no one held a gun to her HEAD.

I traveled five floors in an elevator with Gav and Jen on Saturday night (Beth Spotswood will have all the juice in her column today) and I was mere inches from the baby bump. I can confidently report that she is not showing. Still no sign of boobs either.

Baby has been canceled due to some ugly in-house CA Gov. polls.

Look for a baby in 4 years.

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