George Passantino

Senior Fellow at the Reason Foundation

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Senior Fellow at the Reason Foundation; former director on Governor Schwarzenegger's California Performance Review

George Passantino on KCRW

Governor Schwarzenegger  spent last week signing bills with
George Clooney by his side and Tony Blair appearing by video linkup. Today and
tomorrow he'll be putting partisanship…

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