Movin' on Up?
The Sacramento Bee reports rumors that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver have toured a new 15-floor hotel and condominium project being built a few blocks from the Capitol as a possible home away from his Brentwood hovel.
For three years, Schwarzenegger has been staying in the penthouse at the local Hyatt while in Sacramento, but the chain's decor and room service menu options are no doubt getting old.
The governor denied any moving plans this morning, telling reporters: "I'm very happy in my little hotel room." Still, finding a more permanent home might placate some of those still irritated with Schwarzenegger's less than enthusiastic embrace of Sacramento, which he equated with "death" in this month's issue of Men's Journal.
The always astute Anthony York, who runs the Capitol Weekly and writes the daily Roundup blog, notes an irony: the development is owned by three Indian tribes, which have been able to invest in real estate because of all the casino gambling authorized by state lawmakers. So Schwarzenegger, who declared he would not take donations from the tribes, could end up paying them instead for a place to lay his head.
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