What have we here? A close tie between Joe Knollenberg's LOBBYIST and Governor Schwartzenegger's lobbyist?
Knollenberg put up a billboard -- not in his own District mind you -- that says that the Governor of California is telling Michigan to "drop dead".
(According to a recent poll, most of the drivers who admitted to seeing the billboard said they "didn't get it". They couldn't see the connection between the Governor of California and Michigan and why he would be telling us to "drop dead".)
But the LA Times reports that Knollenberg's Chief of Staff, Trent Wisecup, -- who is also a fat cat Washington DC lobbyist -- worked for Schwarzenegger and for a political consulting firm run by a current Schwarzenegger advisor named Mike Murphy:
The congressman's chief of staff, by the way, is Trent Wisecup - who worked for Schwarzenegger on the 2003 recall and for Navigators, the political consulting firm managed in part by Schwarzenegger advisor Mike Murphy. The Knollenberg campaign spent $10,000 on the Detroit billboard and is soliciting $3 donations for additional runs.
The LA Times article also gives the Governor's response:
Aaron McLear, the govenor's spokesman, responded: "It is unfortunate that this congressman doesn't understand the serious threat our country faces because of greenhouse gas emissions. Gov. Schwarzenegger's leadership is allowing the auto industry to move into the future instead of this kind of backward thinking that will negatively impact job growth and the economy."
You tell him Governor.
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I don't know how you do it, but you've been finding some great stuff. Is Trent working with Ahnuld's guy to make the governor look good? It's sure not helping Joe.
When I saw the billboard last Thursday night, I got it, but I didn't even notice Joe's disclaimer at the bottom. I didn't know until the next day that he was the one who had put it up.
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