Gifts to the Governor
Sac Bee looks into the gifts that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger received this past year, which were disclosed in an annual statement filed on Monday with the Fair Political Practices Commission.
The gifts include $144 in spark plugs, a $60 dog tethering kit, an $86 clock from Clint Eastwood, a $280 food basket from Danny DeVito, $120 in chocolates from Tom Arnold, and about 90 gifts totaling nearly $14,000 – including about $2,500 in cigar products and $1,500 in liquor.
Here's my favorite quote in the story:
"In what other job in America do people get gifts just for having the job?" said Doug Heller of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights. "I think there's a real problem when people consider their job a perpetual birthday party."