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 A space capsule carrying ashes of 160 people crashed in the ocean. A lesson in minding your own business ... at 30,000 feet. The death toll in the Texas floods has risen to 27, including 9 kids. Desperate search for missing campers continues in Texas. Report an error