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Subject: Thomas Coates

  • Newsom's Latest Curious Donor: Sugar Daddy For Anti-Rent Control Proposition

    Will it burn a hole in his pocket? Last month we reported on how gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom took a hefty donation from Rockstar Energy Drinks' CEO Russell Weiner. When the media began reporting extremist positions Weiner touted on immigration and same-sex marriage in the past (and that he's Michael Savage's son) Newsom's campaign soon saw fit to return the money, citing differences between the "values" of the donor and recipient. Well, it'll be interesting to see if that happens again

    June 1, 2009
  • Points For Variety: Newsom Reels In Big Donations From Plumbers, Maker of Spaceships

    Ky MichaelsonCombine rockets and toilets and you get this ... and Gavin Newsom's big donors. Credit where credit is due: If there's one thing Gavin Newsom can do with elan, it's accept a check. Perhaps sometimes there's a little too much elan -- he recently returned a hefty donation from Russell Weiner, the son of radio lunatic Michael Savage, and took big money from anti-rent control sugar daddy Thomas Coates. You've got to admire Newsom's range now, however. Recent filings indicate he managed

    June 17, 2009