Have you heard the latest?
California Governor, and erstwhile Presidential candidate, Gavin Newsom is sending cell phones to tech CEOs to allow them to call him directly on his private line, because, I guess, some animals are more equal than others: (quoting Eric Arthur Blair)
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has been sending cellphones to business executives in an effort to maintain relationships with some of California’s most powerful business leaders, according to his office.
His office confirmed Monday night that the governor has been sending phones “on a rolling basis” since November to executives who lead some of the “largest (top-100) California-based companies” with Newsom’s direct phone number programmed into them.
So, who’s paying for this?
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The California State Protocol Foundation is paying for the phones, Newsom’s office said. The nonprofit was founded in 2002 to offset costs for ceremonial activities and trips like the governor’s previous excursions to Italy, El Salvador and China.
It should be noted here that the role of The California State Protocol Foundation (Established under the Gray Davis administration) is an inherently corrupt one. It allows people to donate to fund gubernatorial junkets)
This is awful policy and worse politics.
At a time when people, particularly those people who are not MAGA ass wipes, are coming to realize that the tech bros are dangerous, corrupting and f%$#ing nuts,* he is kowtowing to them.
* I am an engineer, not a psychologist, and I am using this colloquially.
