Skelton: The Billionaire Who Wants to Be California Governor

Skelton: The billionaire who wants to be California governor

Steyer can 'buy all the TV spots he wants. ... But astronomical wealth comes with a political price.'

Billionaire who wants to be California governor

Tom Steyer must solve this dilemma: How does he convince financially struggling Californians they can trust a billionaire to be their governor? Because, after all, the former hedge fund titan doesn’t exactly share their daily ordeal of scraping up enough money to pay for rent, groceries and gas in the run-down car, according to the Tribune News Service. And he doesn’t have any record in public office to point to. He’s trying to start his electiv…