Columnist: Industry Funding Persists in Commissioner Race
In the race for insurance commissioner, both Assembly members Dave Jones (D-Sacramento) and Mike Villines (R-Clovis) have accepted money from groups with ties to the insurance industry, according to Sacramento Bee senior editor Dan Morain. "In recent weeks, the industry has spend hundreds of thousands and maybe millions to help Villines" and the Chamber of Commerce "started airing ads attacking Jones," Morain writes, adding that Jones has collected funds "from several law firms that count insurance to be a specialty."
- "In Race for Insurance Czar, Make Sure That You Follow the Money" (Morain, Sacramento Bee, 10/13).