A prison union’s big spending on Gavin Newsom: Is it an ‘800 pound gorilla’ or a threatened species? ( apnews.com )
"Since then, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, the union known as CCPOA representing 26,000 state prison guards, has spent and spent, in a way it never did before. Its biggest recipient: Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has taken $2.9 million from the union since he was elected governor."...
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