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They were all together Thursday at Galpin Ford in the Valley, rallying the troops. The KFI team led the charge, but it was Galpin boss Bert Boeckmann who had to be the happiest. He gave the maximum $21,200 to Schwarzenegger in the election and another ten grand for the inauguration fund, and he got to have the new Guv stop by and urge everyone to buy more cars. Boeckmann stands to gain more than most from Schwarzenegger's elimination of the car tax. October, when the higher fee kicked in, was the lowest sales month at Galpin in 15 or 20 years, the Daily News says. (Oops. Upon further surfing, I see Steve Lopez' entire L.A. Times column is about the governor and Galpin, and he says between Boeckmann and his wife Jane they actually invested more than $50,000 in Schwarzenegger.)
As all the world knows, it's a bad idea to get people to actually buy things. Better to put the money in a sock and put it under the mattress. then, all the people laid off from evil-doers, like Galpin, can get good jobs with the government.
Posted by: Roberto at November 21, 2003 09:41 AMAnd of course to Lopez, a union with a headquarters in eye sight of the 210 in Pasadena with banners supporting Gray Davis (both in the 2002 General and the 2003 Recall elections) had nothing to do with union support of the recalled Governor.
Please!
Just more slant from the LA Times and Throwaway!!!!
Posted by: Greg Badovinac at November 21, 2003 02:26 PM
of LA Observed
If I remember correctly, Boeckmann was also a major supporter of the Valley secession movement, and his Galpin Motors businesses are among the top advertisers at the Daily News. (Potential conflict note: I have bought cars at Galpin and Saturn of the Valley and have found their sales and service staffs to be outstanding.)
Posted by: Ian R. Beste at November 21, 2003 07:40 AM