Politics | Meg Whitman Whitman Gouging Press for Travel Calif. candidate charging journos $2K for day—sans hotel By Matt Cantor Posted Oct 29, 2010 6:02 AM CDT Copied In this Oct. 25, 2010 file photo, California Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman signs autographs during a campaign stop in Thousand Oaks, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) Meg Whitman is charging reporters huge sums to travel with the candidate during her campaign's final days, notes Carla Marinucci in the San Francisco Chronicle: One day will cost members of the press “a whopping $1,350,” but that’s small change compared to another day’s “astronomical $2,050.” That’s compared to the $700 a day opponent Jerry Brown is charging—and unlike Whitman, he’s including hotels. Read These Next In the early morning hours in East Hollywood, chaos. This is why you don't wear metal in MRI rooms. CEO resigns after appearance on Kiss Cam. The latest in the generation wars: the 'Gen Z stare.' Report an error