Current Events > Gavin Newsom owes his entire political career to Getty oil

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...Consider that Gavin Newsom:

Claims to be a self-made businessman when in reality he owes his status as a multi-millionaire almost entirely to Gordon Getty the billionaire heir to the oil and real estate fortune;
Has been a loud champion of immigrant rights while benefiting directly from the exploitation of poor and vulnerable Latin American immigrants at nearly every one of his businesses, including a winery, restaurants, and a hotel;
Regularly attacks President Donald Trump and Republicans as racist and claims to be a huge champion of the states diversity but chose to move out of San Francisco and live in the whitest and most racially unequal country in California;
Claims to want strong action on climate change even as he leads the charge to shut down the states largest single source of clean energy, Diablo Canyon nuclear plant.

And if Californians are such woke, pro-immigrant environmentalists, why are we about to elect as governor a man whose financial fortune derives directly from oil money and the exploitation of immigrants and other low-wage workers?
Birth of a Tragedy

Gavin Newsom owes his political career entirely to family connections he even admits as much.

In 1997, Gavin was appointed, not elected, to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, thanks to his fathers financial influence over the California Democratic Party...

...in the guise of admitting a small truth Gavin reinforced a big lie: that he is a self-made man. In fact, while Newsom owes his political career to his father he owes his financial fortune to the main heir to the Getty oil and real estate fortune, Gordon Getty.

Gavin grew up with the Gettys because his father managed their $2 billion-plus estate. As a boy, Gavin had a room at the Getty mansion and joined the Gettys on luxury wildlife expeditions.

Later, the Gettys bankrolled Gavins Great Gatsby-themed 30th birthday party, paid $250,000 for his wedding reception, and loaned Gavin $1 million to buy a house which he turned into a $844,00 profit.

[Gavin] portrays himself as a self-made businessman, noted the San Francisco Chronicle in 2003. No one ever knocked on my door saying Gavin, this is all yours, he told the Chronicle.

And yet consider:

Getty money was behind 10 of Newsoms 11 businesses including the Plumpjack group of restaurant, wine, and real estate businesses, with Newsoms stake worth $6.9 million in 2003...

...In a sense, Gavin is right that No one ever knocked on his door. But thats because they didnt have to. Newsom, his father, and the Gettys have always been in the room together.

The Newsom-Brown Dynasty

Gavin Newsoms political career is a continuation of his fathers work for the Getty oil and real estate fortune, which began in the 1970s. Newsom IIIs relationship with Gordon Getty began in high school, when they both attended the elite San Francisco prep school, St. Ignatius, which was also attended by Gov. Jerry Brown.

After becoming governor in 1975, Jerry made Newsom III a judge. The reason I was appointed was a friendship between the Brown and Newsom families, Newsom explained. Im sure my fathers connection with Pat Brown had a lot to do with it. Newsom II was fundraiser for Jerrys father, Pat Brown, who became governor in 1959.

It wasnt the first time Newsom III benefitted from his fathers connections. After graduating from Yale Law school, Newsom II arranged for his son to get a job as an assistant commissioner of the San Francisco Superior Court. Newsom III called it an outright sinecure a job that pays well for little work which he was given because my father, though not himself a lawyer, k

Doesn't bother you when it's a GOP politician whoring for big oil why would it bother you now

Also he will be your governor whether you like it or not
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I have very little problem with patronage or making connections.

But Newsome is an idiot & rather than being a practical politician and problem solver, just does the usual platitude-spouting with no basis. I can't even count how many times he's said "we have a homeless problem."

EnterTheTekken posted...

But Newsome is an idiot & rather than being a practical politician and problem solver, just does the usual platitude-spouting with no basis. I can't even count how many times he's said "we have a homeless problem."

He's no Jerry Brown that's for sure
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Doom_Art posted...

EnterTheTekken posted...

But Newsome is an idiot & rather than being a practical politician and problem solver, just does the usual platitude-spouting with no basis. I can't even count how many times he's said "we have a homeless problem."

He's no Jerry Brown that's for sure

But theyre both Jerry Clowns.
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So he's like Trump, only a Democrat, and not a senile thin-skinned dumbass.
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Pillowpantz posted...

But theyre both Jerry Clowns.

It took you ten hours to come up with that
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I can't stand the creep. Every ad I've seen on TV out here has him standing around like he's posing for a magazine cover while the ad talks about him as if he's the greatest human being who's ever lived.
His smugness and head up his own ass factor is truly on the extreme side even for a politician and it's oozes through in every ad of his.
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EternalDivide posted...

I can't stand the creep. Every ad I've seen on TV out here has him standing around like he's posing for a magazine cover while the ad talks about him as if he's the greatest human being who's ever lived.
His smugness and head up his own ass factor is truly on the extreme side even for a politician and it's oozes through in every ad of his.

Agreed.
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EnterTheTekken posted...

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Adam Carolla is awesome. <3
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