Make Poizner Spend It All

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Either it was Governor Schwarzenegger's endorsement of Prop 93 or internal tracking polls showing an upswing in support for Prop 93, but Insurance Commissioner Steve "I Love Being Fleeced by Consultants" Poizner has dumped another $1 million of his fortune into the anti-term limits reform measure. That makes his contribution $2.5 million bucks.

Poizner, once a golden boy in political circles, has cozied up with the state prison guards union (who've dumped in $2 million of their own). CCPOA, the union, apparently thinks it can get a better deal with inexperienced legislators than with seasoned lawmakers for its special interests. That's Exhibit A for Prop 93.

And then there's $1.5 million in mystery money from out-of-state. Poizner has refused to provide details on who's forked over this chunk of change to finance his campaign. Is it insurance companies that he's supposed to regulate? Or some right-wing zealot? We'll never know. Sure would be nice if someone in the journalism world would put the heat on Poizner to name names.