https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article263217183.html
july 6 2022 Gov. Gavin Newsom’s great strength, as Rs-gone-wild torch democracy while most Democrats can only gasp and make horrified faces, is his galloping case of don’t-give-a-hoot-itis.
And that of course he could vacation in Montana this week, even though California has banned state-funded travel there, as one of the red states too discriminatory to LGBTQ+ people to deserve any of our tax dollars.
The ban is supposed to keep Californians from even inadvertently “supporting or financing discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.”
A Newsom spokesman told CalMatters, which was first to report on the governor’s whereabouts, “We don’t legislate where people vacation. Never have. The travel ban applies to expending state funds. The Governor’s travel is not being paid for by the state.” So, he’s traveling without a state-paid security detail? Let’s hope not.
