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Schwarzenegger to Keep Workers' Comp $100G
By STEVE LAWRENCE
Associated Press Writer
April 10, 2004, 12:53 AM EDT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided to keep a $100,000 contribution from a workers' compensation insurance company as he negotiates workers' comp legislation.
The Republican governor had pledged not to take money from workers' comp insurers because doing so might suggest he was beholden to them while he seeks a compromise with lawmakers on curbing the rising costs of work-related injuries.
Marty Wilson, who oversees a Schwarzenegger campaign committee that raises money for ballot initiatives, said donations received from workers' comp insurers after the March 2 primary election would be "promptly returned."
But he said a $100,000 contribution from the American Financial Group was an exception because it was pledged before the primary. The campaign committee received the donation on March 4.
Schwarzenegger suggested last month that there was no starting date for the donation policy. "We don't put a date on it, March 2 or before or after or anything like that," he said.
