With Bills in the Balance, Arnold Hauls In Checks
Source: By Dan Morain, KTLA. September 11, 2006
Groups with an interest in pending legislation help California's governor raise $26.4 million.
...... However, several donors who gave at the fundraiser do have business here. Geo Group, a Florida firm that operates private prisons, has long sought more business in California. Geo's Sacramento lobbyists worked to shape the governor's prison overhaul package, which failed in the Legislature on the final day of its session. The package might have increased the number of California inmates housed by private firms.