7/1/2023 0 Comments Gavin newsom french laundry![]() ![]() Two years into his first term, and nine months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Newsom still can’t get his act together. If the governor can eat out with friends - and if his children can attend their expensive school - why must everyone else sacrifice? He just handed more ammunition to Republican leaders who have decried the state’s emergency shutdowns of restaurants, gyms and churches. Newsom’s haute cuisine hypocrisy is a disaster for the state’s efforts to get Californians to understand the deadly threat of COVID-19. News of Newsom’s fancy feast spread like wildfire on social media and was trending on Twitter Friday afternoon. Newsom and the First Partner eschewed state public health guidelines to dine with friends at a time when the governor has asked families to scale back Thanksgiving plans. The governor’s decision to attend Kinney’s birthday soirée during a pandemic demonstrates that this cozy relationship has the power to cloud Newsom’s judgment.įinally, there’s the stunning hypocrisy. Kinney, a partner at Axiom Advisors, also served on Newsom’s transition team. “Kinney’s wife, Mary Gonsalves Kinney, Capital & Main previously reported, is also the personal stylist for First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom.” Axiom’s lobbyists include Jason Kinney, a senior advisor to Newsom while he served as lieutenant governor, and Kevin Schmidt, a policy director for Newsom during the same time period,” reported Steve Horn of Capital & Main. “That company, Aera Energy - a joint venture of Shell and ExxonMobil - is represented by the lobbying firm Axiom Advisors. For example, Newsom - who claims to care deeply about climate change - came under fire from environmentalists earlier this year after his administration approved fracking permits for Aera Energy. Second, the exquisite dinner was held to celebrate the 50th birthday of Kinney, a Newsom insider and lobbying firm partner with a knack for getting his way in the corridors of power. ![]()
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