This week the Gropinator released his new budget. The budget refuses to close the loophole that lets those poor oppressed yacht owners off the hook for CA sales tax. And this Friday the Gropinator is the headliner for a GOP fundraiser at the St Francis Yacht Club in SF.

This must have been planned by the same people who thought SF was a good place to bring the Torch.

The public parkland that surrounds the St. Francis Yacht Club is a great place to give the steroid-addled serial sexual assailant a rousing SF welcome.

Ahoy, Ahhnuld! See you at Marina Blvd and Mason Street Friday night - on the public parkland outside of the Goopers' fundraiser.

This just landed in my inbox:

Get this: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is going to headline a "yacht party" on Friday in San Francisco.

This is not a joke.

Josh Richman, an Oakland Tribune reporter, broke the unbelievable news last night. A mere 48 hours after announcing devastating state budget cuts -- but failing to call for ending the appalling yacht tax loophole -- the Governor will be the star attraction Friday at the St. Francis Yacht Club.

Just like us, Richman was bewildered:

"In the same week that he has rolled out a May budget revision based mainly on borrowing billions while enacting deep social-services cuts to close the state's massive deficit?

Wow."

Wow is an understatement.

[snip]

It's time to put the heat on the Governor and his cronies -- the small minority of Republicans inside the state legislature that we are re-branding as the "Yacht Party".


Just yesterday....Governor Schwarzenegger announced his ridiculous budget-balancing scheme to gamble on California's future with lottery funds while refusing to take leadership to close this embarrassing tax loophole for yacht and private jet owners.

Now, the Governor is following up his head-in-the-sand failure to take leadership on tax-free yachts by partying with the yachting elite that enjoy this embarrassment of riches.

[end quote - kjm]

Oh and for more info, check out the Yacht Party commercial from the Courage Campaign (who have no role in this protest or my post to IndyBay).