GOP guv-hopeful Meg Whitman is offering up copies of her policy manuscript.
That would be the 48-page, picture-packed glossy policy book, we mean, plan or better yet magazine (to use the campaign's latest terminology) that lays out Whitman's priorities for running the state.
She's touting her plan in her latest TV spot (the second statewide media buy the campaign has launched this week) and announced yesterday that she has mailed two copies of the plan to each of the 1,400 or so public libraries across the state.
"I encourage the libraries to display my magazine in their periodicals section so voters can gain a clear understanding of how I will govern, if elected in November," Whitman said in a statement.
But Sactosphere readers perusing the stacks at the local public library won't find a copy of Whitman's plan.
The Sacramento Public Library won't be posting the publication, says Public Information Coordinator Don Burns, who said this is the first time in his 18 years on the job that he's heard of a candidate asking to put their campaign materials on display at the library.
The decision isn't personal, it's policy, said Burns, who pointed to page 134 of the Sacramento Public Libraries Public Services Manual.
The regulation, on the books since 1993, reads: "Partisan politics with mention of a specific candidate and religious notices of any kind are prohibited."
As for other libraries across the state, a representative for the California Library Association said she didn't know of any laws prohibiting political speech from being put on display and that it would likely be up to individual branches to craft their own policy on the matter.
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BIRTHDAY: Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, turns 58 today.
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