"I Want to be Governor"

Whew! Meg Whitman's 60+ million dollar (her own money) investment in becoming California's next Governor has paid off for now. She won the Republican primary and now will square off against former Governor Jerry Brown. So Meg, it's time to go to the ATM again because you still have 5 more months to campaign before the final showdown on November 4th.
How badly do you have to be Governor of California anyway? Apparently it's going to take 90+ million to get the job. So you'll spend 90 mil to get a job that annually pays 200K? Because you are such a civil servant? You haven't even voted yourself in the last 30 years? What is this all about? I'm guessing ego and just the challenge of trying to pull it off.

It scares me that anyone would need to be a State governor that badly. My rule of thumb is anyone that must have a certain position or job, as badly as you want to be Governor, is at the least, suspicious. Why? Because even if you were elected what would you do to keep the job? What or whom are you willing to sell out or compromise to stay Governor? No one should need or want a job that badly. Meg, if you can't win on principles, values, ideas and your past accomplishments maybe you shouldn't be Governor!?

It reminds me of a principal I once worked for at PHS that needed to be Principal so badly he sold out the discipline program, academic integrity, and essentially let the parents, students, and D.O. have their way. He told me his priority was happy kids, parents and bosses, whatever it took! So the place began to fall apart.
However, before him, the first Prinicpal I worked for at PHS was Dr. Tom Robinson. Every employee loved him and I respected him so much. He didn't sell out anyone, any department, or any program. He didn't let every parent, student and community member have what they wanted. I once asked him why he was so succesful and he told me....."I didn't need the job that much". "If I couldn't run the school the way I thought it should be run, the way they hired me to run it well they could find a new person". It didn't take long before the district office left him alone and the school functioned well. Talk to any employee that worked for him and they will tell you that he was principled, placed his family & faith first and job a distant third.

Meg Whitman it's okay to spend some of your money. In the crappy political climate we live in you have to find your own financial way to run a campaign. Hell, even Steve Poizner (who lost to Whitman) spent something like 29 million of his own money, which he shouldn't have done either. My opinion is stop trying to buy the key to the Governor's mansion. It usually doesn't work and it shouldn't work. Let your beliefs carry the day Meg, not your checkbook.

The irony in all this? Since Jerry Brown has a nostalgic appeal, and has the left leaning demos all in his corner (he comes from the young Edward Kennedy era); he might win on charisma and past accomplishments alone. You might not have enough money to buy your way in.
Meg, spend less money, tell the truth about who you are and what you believe and then as John Lennon said so well...."let it be".