Questions raised about publisher's donation to governor's pet charity

Questions raised about publisher's donation to governor's pet charity: "Questions raised about publisher's donation to governor's pet charity

Saturday, August 13, 2005


(08-13) 22:55 PDT SACRAMENTO, (AP) --

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger did not report that tabloid publisher American Media Inc. gave $250,000 to one of his favorite charities this year — a move critics say may violate state ethics law.

The publisher of the National Enquirer and popular bodybuilding magazines donated the money to the nonprofit California Gov.'s Council on Physical Fitness, according to documents American Media filed Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission describing the end of the company's business relationship with Schwarzenegger.

But the Fair Political Practices Commission has no record of the gift, a spokesman told the San Francisco Chronicle Friday."