Mickey Mouse and company are rolling with the fat cats this year in the wonderful world of California politics, campaign-finance reports show.
The Walt Disney Company has tossed $250,000 into an effort to pass a series of propositions that state leaders hope will balance the budget. Those propositions would strengthen the state’s reserve fund, change the way the state runs its lottery – and extend some tax increases for another year or two.
Polls suggest that voters oppose most of the propositions. But Disney put its money behind them, in a single lump-sum donation last week to a campaign committee called Budget Reform Now.
Separately, Disney Worldwide Services kicked in another $2,500 to a group called “Governor Schwarzenegger’s California Dream Team.” The purpose of the governor’s dream team, at least for this election: to push for the passage of the ballot propositions.
A Disney spokeswoman did not respond Monday to a request for comment.
I'm guessing Disney knows that the money they just threw at those ballot propositions is wasted as far as this effort is concerned, but they're hoping it will pay off by holding off fees and taxes on admission tickets that may be considered later.
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