Rob Reiner Suspected of Airing Illegal Ads

Taxpayer groups are demanding that taxpayer-funded ads, which are currently airing in California on radio and TV and appearing in major newspapers, be immediately pulled.

Rob Reiner is the Hollywood figure behind a Golden State initiative that is looking to have the state provide universal preschool and have the taxpayers once again foot the bill. The proposition has already qualified for the June 2006 ballot.

The actor-director knows how to work the proposition system. He's done it in the past. Rumors about his potential political aspirations continue to circulate.

It is illegal in California to use taxpayer funds to support ballot initiatives. But evidently the $18 million ad campaign that sings the praises of preschool is being paid for with just that.

Reiner has typically held fast to the wealthy Hollywood lib position of forcing working class folks to fork over their hard-earned money to pay for pet socialist projects.

How does he expect the new state-run preschool bureaucracy to be financed? By getting a sizable enough number of voters to vote for what could lead to another tax increase.

"I think most people would see this as a black-and-white issue, there's not much gray here," said Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.

"Rob Reiner should do the right thing and pull the ads immediately," said Larry McCarthy, president of the California Taxpayers' Association. "He needs to step in to prevent even the whiff of political impropriety."

The Left Coast Report smells what's up and believes that rather than a faint whiff it's more like a major stink.