“Lipstick On A Pig” - Newsom TORCHED Over $19M PR Spin Deal
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Why did California spend $19 million on a PR firm?
Guess who decides to spend $19 million of taxpayer money in the state of California to hire a PR firm to make them look better? Guess who?
No, tell us.
A guy named Gavin Newsom. No way. He wouldn't say. I don't believe it. $19 million of taxpayer funds on a New York PR firm to polish California's image. The Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development awarded PR powerhouse Edelman a contract up to $19 million. to burnish the golden state's reputation, KCRA reported. Edelman, which also does work on behalf of mega companies like Dove, Starbucks, eBay, and Heineken, will be tasked to combat negative narratives amplified online and partisan media about California while promoting the state's economy and tourism. The company, considered one of the largest PR firms in the nation, also has offices in L.A. and San Francisco. The contract begins on April 6th and will run through then-
End of the year, which nearly coincides with the end of governor's term in 2027, the Office of Business of Economic Development, known as GO-Biz, posted their request for proposals last month stipulating the small businesses be considered for their first contract. Vinny, thoughts?
So basically, instead of fixing California's reality, they're spending millions to polish California's reputation, which is abysmal, okay? Forget about the speed rail. All I've been seeing is documentary after documentary on the speed rails and the reporting in California, billions. The homelessness, 24 billion, which made it go up. And I'll talk about New York if we get to that, Pat. But it's like positive $19 million. So you mean to tell me that Californians who are struggling, you want to talk about struggling? They don't trust the fire departments, especially in these rich Malibu and the Palisades and all these people. The mayor is over. Where was she? Was she in Cuba doing some event when all the fires were happening?
No, no, no. She was all the way over in Africa, you know, where there was a transition of leadership or something was going on. And she went anyway. No, the crisis was there.
And I'm telling you right now, Penn, you said it perfectly at the beginning. There is no amount of money to change the reputation of what's going on in California, but it still baffles my mind. And I think you said it last week. I haven't heard one person say, yeah, dude, I've got a place in California. And I feel bad for the people there because they have to pretend. Everything is okay. You know how many conversations I've had with my sister and my mom? And we have other reasons that they want to stay. You know, my brother's there and my nieces and my nephews. But what are you doing? And I get it. People have lives. But don't even think. I told my sister, don't even think about buying a property there.
Nothing's changing. Nothing is changing. And for the people there, if you're going to vote and this next governor isn't a Republican, I am done. I promise you guys, I will stop. Talking about them. If that happens, once Gavin's done and you guys bring in another Democrat, I'm done. If you say, hey, Vinny, what are your thoughts? I'm going to say, Pat, move on. I'm done with California.
Well, here's the thing. At 1.10, 1.12 a.m. this morning, the president tweeted something endorsing Steve Hilton. Who I like. Steve Hilton, yes. who is running for governor, state of California. He was very complimentary. I've known him for many years, he says. He's running for governor, truly a fine man, one who has watched as this once great state has gone to hell. Gavin, who's coming to the Democrats, have done an absolute horrendous job. Anyways, he's going through this. And if you pull up the Cal sheet with Steve Hilton, Rob, I don't know where he's at with the odds, the odd market, what they're saying. It's not looking bad. Okay, it's not looking bad, but this is a small volume. It's not a big volume right now.
As of right now, Hilton's at the top. Since last night's CTA, he went above Swalwell. If you look at what happened because of the tweet, look how much he bumped up.
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