Cass Ballenger: “California's Governor has decided to hire high-priced Democrat spin-meisters instead of addressing the emergency crisis…”

“California's Governor has decided to hire high-priced Democrat spin-meisters instead of addressing the emergency crisis in his State. Taxpayers will subsidize Mark Fabiani and Chris Lehane at $30,000 per month to boost Governor Gray Davis in the media as California's energy crisis further drops his poll numbers. Instead of repairing California's energy crisis, the Governor is using taxpayer dollars to repair his image. This $30,000 in consultant fees that will be charged to the taxpayers is more than the Governor earns monthly himself. The Governor has had plenty of time to implement a solution. He knew over a year ago he had a problem; yet Gray Davis has refused to address that problem. He kept putting it off and putting it off and putting it off. It becomes blatantly obvious that the Governor is more concerned about repairing his image than helping the people of his State. Rather than working with the President and the White House to help California, the Governor is trying to find ways that high-priced PR men can exploit the energy crunch to his advantage.”