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Recall total: $89 million spent

Recall total: $89 million spent

<h3>Schwarzenegger and his allies accounted for $27 million of the total election tab.</h3><p class="source">The Sacramento Bee</p> <p>Meanwhile, another campaign finance watchdog took issue with $1.3 million the latest reports showed being transferred from one of Schwarzenegger's committees to another governed by stricter finance limits.</p>
Big-ticket event for bond plan

Big-ticket event for bond plan

<h3>Top asking price to join Schwarzenegger in N.Y. - $500,000</h3><p class="source">Sacramento Bee</p> <p>Watchdogs reacted with a mix of suspicion and outrage, saying loopholes in "pay-to-play" law allow conflicts of interest.</p>
Accoutning Fraud

Accoutning Fraud

<font face="verdana,sans-serif" size="2">"As Governor I will propose legislation to punish willful and knowing violations of the campaign finance laws as a felony [such as] intentional and knowing money laundering to hide the true...</font>
Critical Blood Test Ignored in Emergency Room, Husband and Father Dies

Critical Blood Test Ignored in Emergency Room, Husband and Father Dies

<h2> John Enzenauer - El Sobrante, California</h2><br /> <p> <img class=" size-full wp-image-1947" alt="" class="left" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2004/02/images_003330.jpg" style="width: 165px; height: 189px; " width="165" height="189" />Just before Christmas two years ago, John Enzenauer, 39, came home from his blue-collar job feeling lousy. He didn't worry much about it: Just a mild case of the flu, he figured. Two days after Christmas, he was dead, leaving this life in the middle of the night while the Christmas wrapping still lay strewn around the tree.<br /> <br />
Parents of 7-Year-Old Fight For Justice

Parents of 7-Year-Old Fight For Justice

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One Word Says It All for Governor

One Word Says It All for Governor

<p class="source">The Los Angeles Times</p> <p>Jamie Court, a consumer advocate who runs the website http://www.arnoldwatch.org , said: "It's almost as though this governor has convinced himself that it's always better to be positive and never admit there's a problem."</p>
CALIFORNIA CABLE: WHAT MEDICATION IS HE ON?

CALIFORNIA CABLE: WHAT MEDICATION IS HE ON?

<h3>Gov. Schwarzenegger must pay back campaign loan with own money not contributions.</h3><p class="source">National Journal</p> <p>Sacramento Labor Council's Bill Camp said if Schwarzenegger was "delighted" with the judge's ruling, "he is on some kind of medication that I would like to have a prescription for."</p>
Unruffled Governor Vows to Repay Loan;

Unruffled Governor Vows to Repay Loan;

<h3>A judge ruled he had broken the law by using borrowed money to finance his campaign.</h3><p class="source">The Los Angeles Times</p> <p>Jamie Court of the Santa Monica-based FTCR, was incredulous that the governor would welcome a ruling that said the campaign had acted illegally; Court scoffed at Arnold's interpretation of the ruling. "This is like Howard Dean declaring victory in Iowa,"</p>
SCHWARZENEGGER CAMPAIGN BROKE LAWS ON FINANCE

SCHWARZENEGGER CAMPAIGN BROKE LAWS ON FINANCE

<p class="source">The Independent (London)</p> <p>Jamie Court of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a consumer advocate group, said of Mr Schwarzenegger: "He ran to clean up Sacramento and did it basically by violating campaign finance."</p>