Shunning Corrupt Franchise and bolstering the Local Economy. Embracing the "Gold's Gym Model."

To begin the legitimacy of Carl Rove is highly questionable.  We witnessed the capability of Rove to lie over and over and over again during the hearings regarding the Valerie Plame case.  So, is has a remarkable history of lying to courts and authority.  Nothing he says is trustworthy and therefore cannot be trusted with the leadership of the free world in any manner he is involved with it.

A twenty-two year franchise is significant, but, with damage to the community by the plutocrats the individual gyms have to be granted relief by the courts for their grievance.  Contributing to corrupt and dangerous politics was NOT in their contract and their franchise status will directly allow such donations.

Monday, Oct 25, 2010 17:19 ET

Donation to Rove-tied group sparks Gold's Gym revolt (click title to entry - thank you)

Four Bay Area gyms will leave the brand in response to big donations by the chain's owner to anti-gay candidates ...

..."Our contracts started 22 years ago. We're one of the first franchisees for Gold's Gym. We can't get out over night, but we will be out of it," Don Dickerson,  director of operations for Gold's in the Bay Area, told Salon, adding that the bulk of the gyms' business comes from the LGBT community.

"It took us by as much surprise as it did everyone else," Dickerson said of the donations by billionaire Robert Rowling, whose company, TRT Holdings, owns Gold's, to the Karl Rove-linked American Crossroads. A petition has been circulating in the gay blogosphere protesting the donations to Crossroads....