Arnold's ethics

He's keeping the money:

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger terminated any efforts to get him to return $10,000 that Toledo-area coin dealer Tom Noe contributed to his campaign.

On Thursday, President Bush joined a steadily growing band of Republicans opting to rid their campaign accounts of Mr. Noe's money, but the Republican governor of California is not planning to return the campaign cash he received from Mr. Noe, who is facing a flurry of state and federal investigations.

Remember Arnold said originally he would not be beholden to special interest money, and now he is clinging to $10,000 that more than likely was illegally raised.

Ridiculous.

*UPDATE* Campaigning for money instead of the people:

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger raised nearly $3 million during fund-raising events in the second half of May, according to campaign disclosure reports released Friday.

The reports include a partial accounting of money the governor received during a weekend trip to Republican strongholds in Florida, Illinois and Texas, but also include money he got from California supporters.

The article closes:

Wilson said that people are interested in Schwarzenegger from other places both because of who he is and because of his political agenda. "There's interest in the kinds of reforms he's planning on putting before California voters," Wilson said.

Hey, if you're from another state and you have an interest in what Arnold is doing, that's fine. But don't go screwing up the state that I live in and you do not because of some weird "interest" in Arnold and what he wants to do. What you want to do to my state means jack squat, alright? If you want to make an impact, fine. Move here and suffer with the rest of us. Otherwise, take your coin selling, Ohio pension fund robbing cash and get it the heck out of my state.

Thanks.