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Golisano Planning To Create
Two PACs With $5M Donation |
Sabres Owner TOM GOLISANO yesterday said that he is "depositing $5[M] into a new political action committee designed to help elect candidates to the [New York] State Legislature this fall who pledge to bring a broad range of changes to state government." Election lawyers said that Golisano's expenditure to the committee, known as Responsible New York, "could be in violation of the state's $150,000 annual political donation limit." Golisano said that he is creating two committees, one "formed with his money and another to be funded from donations from New Yorkers not exceeding $100." Golisano said that the effort will "include endorsements of specific candidates." Golisano, a registered Republican, also "did not rule out another run for governor in 2010" (BUFFALONEWS.com, 7/8).
PICKING SIDES: NASCAR driver JIMMIE JOHNSON yesterday at the National Press Club said of his choice for president, "I'd have to pick (JOHN) MCCAIN. I think our core fan base, being Republicans like they are, that will be their first choice." Johnson, the "third NASCAR champion to speak at the Press Club" following the late DALE EARNHARDT and TONY STEWART, explored "numerous topics, from the recent driver changes at his team, Hendrick Motorsports, to his efforts on a personal level to conserve energy to the charitable foundation he started" (USA TODAY, 7/9).
MR. POPULAR: NBC Universal President & CEO JEFF ZUCKER is "expected to be the popular guy" at the Allen & Co. media conference beginning today in Sun Valley, Idaho. Sources said that Zucker will be sought after "mainly because many of the entertainment and banking titans attending the confab plan on bending his ear about a merger or other combination with NBC or about off-loading some assets to the network" (N.Y. POST, 7/9).
NAMES: Here Films has acquired the rights to "Breakfast With Scot," a film that is officially sanctioned by the NHL and the Maple Leafs. The movie is set to be released this fall (DAILY VARIETY, 7/9)....Hip hop artist DMC told WAAF-FM host GREG HILL that he is "doing a record" with Red Sox DH DAVID ORTIZ (BOSTON HERALD, 7/9)....Packers CB CHARLES WOODSON has created Twenty Four by Charles Woodson, a Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon set for release in November. Woodson will preview the wine on July 18 at The Chop House in Ann Arbor, Michigan (DETROIT NEWS, 7/4)....Skateboarder RYAN SHECKLER, actor VERNE TROYER and former U.S. women's national soccer team F MIA HAMM on July 29 will host the X Games Celebrity Skins Classic golf tournament at Trump National Golf Course in Palos Verdes, California (N.Y. POST, 7/7).
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