No press allowed at Mitt Romney’s $50,000 a head SF Bay Area fundraiser
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
In a week where he’s taking heat for his “47 percent” statements made at a $50,000-a-head fundraiser last May, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is apparently taking no chances: there will be no press coverage allowed at his $50,000 a head fundraiser at the Strawberry Hill Estate in Hillsborough Friday.
Romney campaign spokeswoman Sarah Pompei informed us via email Wednesday that the Peninsula event is closed to press pools because it takes place at “a private home.”
But that’s decidedly a departure from last May, when the Chronicle published its local pool report, filed at a Romney fundraiser — at another private home in Hillsborough.
... Here’s the full 4-page invite to Romney’s fundraising shindig at the Strawberry Hill estate in Hillsborough Friday. It includes what we previously reported – the full listing of hosts and some amazing perks for various fundraising contributions: (Images at the link)
Read more: http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2012/09/19/47-percent-fallout-no-press-allowed-at-mitt-romneys-50000-a-head-hillsborough-fundraiser/
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Not that I'm encouraging hooliganism, mind you. 
