- Reporter's Notebook: Governor Schwarzenegger Consults for Fitness Magazines
Today's LA Times says Governor Schwarzenegger is being paid $8 million as a consultant to Muscle & Fitness and Flex magazines; the Sacramento Bee says it's $5 million. But both report that the magazines advertise body-building supplements and that, last year, the Governor vetoed a bill that would have imposed regulations on the supplement industry. The Times quotes Washington ethics-watchdog Larry Noble, who calls this an "egregious apparent conflict of interest" that "calls into question [the Governor's] judgment as to who he's working for." We hear more from State Senator Jackie Speier, author of several bills on nutritional supplements, and Bob Stern, who heads the California nonprofit Center for Governmental Studies.
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