March 9, 2006

ARCHIE HAD HIM PEGGED (via Glenn Dryfoos):

Reiner's First 5 Commission to Be Audited (Dan Morain, March 8, 2006, LA Times)

A state commission founded by Hollywood producer Rob Reiner is coming under increased state scrutiny, with lawmakers today approving a broad audit of the $600-million-a-year panel's spending.

A committee of state senators and Assembly members directed the Bureau of State Audits to start the investigation.

Sen. Dave Cox (R-Fair Oaks) and Assemblyman Dario Frommer (D-Glendale) requested the audit. Both lawmakers cited press reports that the First 5 California Children and Families Commission spent $23 million in tax money on an ad blitz touting the benefits of preschool at the same time Reiner was launching a preschool ballot initiative.

Additionally, the legislators noted, the commission and its staff awarded $230 million in contracts to public relations and advertising firms that helped Reiner in his political endeavors, including the 1998 campaign for Proposition 10, which created First 5.


As Brother Dryfoos says, "What do you expect when you give a guy named Meathead $600 million?"

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 9, 2006 1:29 PM
Comments

hheheheheheheheHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Posted by: Sandy P. at March 9, 2006 2:20 PM

Comedy Central needs to re-run the Rob Reiner anti-smoking episode of South Park again this weekend, just to pile on.

Posted by: John at March 9, 2006 2:51 PM

If he didn't spend any of that on booze, broads, and boats, then meathead he is.

I'm being facetious here. Really I am.

Posted by: Mikey at March 9, 2006 3:51 PM

And yet Arnie is sticking by Reiner (so far) which is going to cost him.

Posted by: AWW at March 9, 2006 8:16 PM

AWW: I think Arnie is just waiting for the right time. He's not hurt by it for now, and he'd probably rather keep it in his quiver for for a time closer to the election. Reiner's political career is probably toast, though.

Posted by: PapayaSF at March 9, 2006 11:48 PM

People like Reiner and Clooney and Barbra and Baldwin are so dumb, it shows in their eyes. They're blank.

Reiner and Clooney had relatives smooth their way, Barbra could sing at one time, as for the Baldwin boys, I have no idea how they got acting parts.

They are the worse kind of dumb. The kind that has absolutely no clue about anything and no knowledge of how foolish they look trying to save the world.

Posted by: erp at March 10, 2006 1:49 PM

Does no one else's mind boggle at the "$600 million per year" commission spending? What does this commission do except buy advertising?

Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at March 10, 2006 2:49 PM

Just a guess, AOG, but how about bribes to legislators and funding voter fraud along with the tried and true favorites of lavish lifestyles for the staff and execs.

Posted by: erp at March 10, 2006 4:04 PM
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