A fund-raising 'Rock Star'?Heading into today's Gavin Newsom "New Direction for California" fund-raiser at the Palace Hotel -- when plenty of folks will shell out good money to San Francisco's gubernatorial candidate and erstwhile mayor -- it's worth taking a look at who has already ponied up the big bucks in hopes of putting Newsom in the statehouse. Glancing through the list of major donors, the most double-take inducing name is Russell Weiner. That's the fellow who founded the company that pr
Drown your sorrows in RockstarYesterday we reported some of the more interesting names on would-be Governor Gavin Newsom's major donor's list -- including ousted Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, a bevy of movie moguls and Russell Weiner, the man behind Rockstar Energy Drinks. Weiner is also the son of right-wing radio shock jock Michael Savage -- and has a history of right-wing, anti-LGBT, anti-immigrant politics of his own. Today Eric Jaye, Newsom's longtime campaign manager, confirmed that Weiner's $25,0
Justin PageRon 'Mad Stork' DellumsIn less than three hours time, a stingy baker's dozen of American mayors -- that'd be 11 -- begin an odyssey toward what could be the thrill of victory or the agony of defeat ... to an unnamed office worker. Yes, it's the Yahoo Fantasy Football Mayoral showdown we wrote about yesterday. And 11 mayors is a fitting count as that's the number of players on the gridiron. But it doesn't work for a fantasy football league -- which requires an even number of teams s
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