Schwarzenegger cancels $8 million magazine deal, but will fight obesity

[Bluebear]

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will end his relationship with two fitness magazines that rely heavily on advertising from nutritional supplement companies, he said Friday in an interview with The Associated Press.

He said he will relinquish his title as executive editor of Muscle & Fitness and Flex magazines and will forego any compensation. "I don't want to be paid," Schwarzenegger said in a telephone interview with the AP.

"The decision is to discontinue the relationship we have now," he said. "I will continue promoting body building and fighting obesity..."

The governor was forced to defend his contract with the magazines after a securities disclosure filed this week showed he would be paid at least $1 million a year for five years to act as a consultant. Last year, Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have regulated the use of performance-enhancing substances in high school sports. That led some lawmakers to accuse the governor of having a conflict of interest: acting on legislation that could hurt business in the nutritional supplements industry while at the same taking millions from magazines that rely on the same industry for most of their profits.

The bill's sponsor, state Sen. Jackie Speier, D-Hillsborough, on Thursday called on Schwarzenegger to sever his ties with the magazine.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050715/ap_on_re_us/schwarzenegger_fitness_contract&printer=1

[blondeatlast]

1. California, never let up!

Keep him on the ropes, you mean ol' firefighters, teachers, and nurseds!

[PretzelWarrior]

2. he should start with himself, man.

[blondeatlast]

4. Dude--surf baggies.

No dinner for me after that. Ugh.

[Bluebear]

5. Oh thank you for working with me!

:toast:

[PretzelWarrior]

8. glad to help. looked like an obvious opening

and since I'm "master of the obvious"..I took it.

[bridgit]

3. so many fools fell for this shamless...

self promoter, they were warned but refused to believe; now they have schwarzenegger & his vichy dem chick it is time for them to go as well imo ~

[LibDemAlways]

6. If Ahnold want to help someone with a

weight problem, he should start with Maria. She looks like a skeleton.

[Bluebear]

7. Ja, ja, but she is a chick und chicks must look goot for da guys.

:eyes:

[democracyindanger]

9. Maybe he can do something about his fat head.