Gavin "George W" Newsom Claims Labor Union Support: Follow The Money

by Newson Is Dangerous

Thu, Apr 17, 2003 11:24AM

Go to a Gavin Newsom fundraiser and one notices a large number of far right "Young Americans For Freedom" types running things. Yet Newsom somehow claims to be "liberal" and now claims some union support. Can Gavin spend enough Getty money on PR to fool SF voters? Are unions merely trying to cozy up to an obviously labor unfriendly candidate since his election is guaranteed? Or, are there other factors at work?

Newsom gains ground with labor groups
BY J.K. DINEEN
Of The Examiner Staff
While detractors portray him as a downtown money candidate, mayoral frontrunner Gavin Newsom continues to gain traction among labor groups, winning the endorsement of several more unions this week.
http://www.examiner.com/news/default.jsp?story=n.newsom.0417w

Newsom No. 1 in finances among candidates
John Wildermuth, Lance Williams, Chronicle Political Writers Thursday, April 3, 2003
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San Francisco Supervisor Gavin Newsom received between $100,000 and $1 million in December for selling shares in a Getty family company he bought into for $10,000 in 1996, according to a statement of economic interests released Wednesday.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/04/03/BA8199.DTL

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