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California Nurses Association Living High on the Hog While Funding Efforts to Attack Democrats
I wonder how many of the hardworking rank-and-file members of the California Nurses Association know that the organization pays Executive Director Rose Ann DeMoro $207,403 plus another $10,333 in expenses -- and has made a $75,000 "gift" to the nonprofit Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights that is being used to attack Democrats in favor of health care reform? Somehow I don't think they'd be too pleased their dues were going to their leadership's pockets instead of fighting for health care form. DeMoro's sky-high salary is accompanied by a bloated payroll that also includes $126,811 for its Government Relations Director Donna Gerber (a former failed Assembly candidate). Gerber was the only person to testify against AB 8, the Nunez/Perata health care plan supported by nearly all legislative Democrats. CNA's expense report also includes expenses at fancy hotels such as the Beverly Hills Hilton, Seascape Luxury Resort in Aptos ("Like Having Your Own Beach Home on Monterey Bay"), Millennium Biltmore in Los Angeles, and the cozy Villa Rosa in Santa Barbara. Thousands more were spent on several public relations and advertising consultants. CNA's gift to the Foundation (which refuses to provide a list of its donors), is reported in a filing with the U.S. Department of Labor. It comes as the two groups have been running a smear campaign against Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez. Both the CNA and FTCR have been prominently quoted in the Los Angeles Times, Sacramento Bee, and in the Associated Press attacking the Speaker for his spending of campaign funds. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. The expense report is an eye-opener. Unlike the California Labor Federation, SEIU, and nearly every other major statewide labor union (CSEA is the other), CNA is pouring its money into efforts to defeat comprehensive health care reform in Sacramento this year. CNA supports single-payer health care, also favored by most Democrats but will fail to win approval in California for years and years to come. CNA's latest attempt at the ballot was an initiative that received fewer votes than any other on the ballot in the November 2006 election. Image courtesy Seascape Resort on Monterey Bay. Print this report | Send to a friend About Steven Maviglio | All Reports by Steven Maviglio Health Care + Universal Health Care + State Assembly + State Senate + Schwarzenegger
Note: Comments are owned by the poster. We are not responsible for their content. You must be logged in to comment. You may log in or create an account. California Nurses Association Living High on the Hog While Funding Efforts to Attack DemocratsPosted by: realliberaldem on October 19, 2007by the way, i do agree with you that the whole campaign expenditures hoopla is a non-story, and emblematic of a press corps with, apparently, very little other news to report. Its silly. California Nurses Association Living High on the Hog While Funding Efforts to Attack DemocratsPosted by: Allen Wilson on October 28, 2007Thanks to Jon Fleischman of Flashreport in reporting the ironic twist in Nunez's Spokesman post on the subject here at CMR. Bottom line: ALL DEMOCRATS live high on the hog at the expense of donors, dues and etc. Steve, I guess your boss can't take the heat on the Speaker's lifestyle. You guys might want take an old advice from Democrat Harry Truman: If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen! What comes around goes around on any comments that you say in public. It gives the Republicans an opportunity to turn the tables and I LOVE IT! Ratings |
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California Nurses Association Living High on the Hog While Funding Efforts to Attack Democrats
Posted by: realliberaldem on October 19, 2007I find it comical, and a tad ironic, that you have resorted to making the same unfounded –BASELESS-- accusations of the California Nurses Association that republicans often make about unions in general: money goes to the ‘union bosses’ to the detriment of union members.” What’s next?? Will you be endorsing a “paycheck protection” initiative??? Has it occurred to you that CNA is justified in pointing out that Fabian, because his wife’s paycheck comes from the same folks that have opposed meaningful health care reform for years, may not be inclined to pass legislation that would hurt those interests?? If it was my wife, I sure as hell would not pass legislation that would lower my families’ yearly income, and Fabian is no different. Yes, I realize you consider Fabian to be the second son of God, and thus infalable, but, and you might want to sit down for this, the guy is human, just like you and I. Ask yourself, why would he, or anyone, "bite the hand that feeds him" ??
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