Whitman to Spend $150M on Gubernatorial Run

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Meg Whitman '77, who has announced her intention to run for governor of California, has predicted that her campaign could cost $150 million, much of it self-financed.

The $150 million figure is about the same amount of money it took Princeton to build Whitman College ($136 million). But Whitman didn't finance the entire cost of the fieldstone/limestone clusterfuck that was built to last 200(!) years: she "just" donated the initial $30 million to kick start the project.

This, of course, means that Whitman loves California about five times more than she loves Princeton. Alternatively, it could also mean that her campaign will be five times better than Whitman College, which can only be a good thing because the 250,000 sq. ft. complex is an ugly monstrosity.

(Also: Did you know that Community Hall, Whitman's dining hall [a.k.a. barn], isn't named for the Princeton University community, but for the eBay community? WTF?)

(image source: princeton.edu, britannica.com)