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Newsom Rejects LA Times' Records Request for Chinese Mask Contract, Gives Absurd Reasoning

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-06 04:31|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 That's not gonna fly. Public contracts are public records. Pomade Boy is gonna lose this, he knows it, so something really hinky is going on

Posted by Frank G 2020-05-06 07:58|| 2020-05-06 07:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Pompadour and Circumstance.
Maybe Material evidence too

Posted by Lex 2020-05-06 08:00|| 2020-05-06 08:00|| Front Page Top

#3 First line of the article: "Awarding a no-bid, $1 billion contract...."

Says it all right there. Newsom can probably retire right now if he really wanted to.

What a f'in scoundrel Newsom is.

Posted by Clem 2020-05-06 08:03|| 2020-05-06 08:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Giggle. Boy Governor's lawyer is claiming -- get this -- "exemptions for records reflecting attorney work product" and "attorney-client privilege."

If that's his best defense, he's busted.
Wonder what his cut is. How much is PIK / payment in Peking Pomade?

Posted by Lex 2020-05-06 08:30|| 2020-05-06 08:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Kimberly to Don Jr.

"I love it so, when you laugh uncontrollably at the Times' headlines."

Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-06 08:32|| 2020-05-06 08:32|| Front Page Top

#6 IMO, he leads (for now) the competition for USA a$$hole governors - but, the Pennsilvanian one is a strong contender. And there is always Whitmer.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-06 08:47|| 2020-05-06 08:47|| Front Page Top

#7 ...Cal OES replied that if any details of the contract were to be made public now it could jeopardize the agreement.

WTF? How and Why? If the contract is on the up and up it could surely survive a little daylight. If not, then it's hinky as hell and needs to be exposed. Since it's a contract with Chicoms, the suspicion must be that it's crooked.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-05-06 12:53|| 2020-05-06 12:53|| Front Page Top

#8 Look for how much CalPers money is invested in the Chinese electric car company. That is your answer to this mystery.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2020-05-06 13:25|| 2020-05-06 13:25|| Front Page Top

#9 ^ follow the $$$$

Dollars to Chinese dumplings that Pomade Boy's making bank on the side of this deal

Posted by Lex 2020-05-06 13:47|| 2020-05-06 13:47|| Front Page Top

#10 Denying the request sure does make it look as if he's hiding something doesn't it.

Posted by rjschwarz 2020-05-06 16:55|| 2020-05-06 16:55|| Front Page Top

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