Meg Whitman Wants To Give California The eBay Treatment. Not Good.

9:02 pm EST April 23rd, 2009 | News | 9 Comments

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Before voting for Meg Whitman for governor, California residents would do well to consider what has been happening at eBay since she stepped down as chief executive. John Donahoe, her successor, has pretty much disassembled all of her major strategic moves.

He is undoing her acquisitions of Skype and StumbleUpon. It turns out that neither voice communications nor Web surfing have anything to do with what eBay does.

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9 Responses to “Meg Whitman Wants To Give California The eBay Treatment. Not Good.”

  1. william says:
    April 23, 2009 at 9:40 pm

    There’s no fixing California, the failed democrat state.

  2. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    April 23, 2009 at 11:18 pm

    william: “There’s no fixing California, the failed democrat state.”

    Yep. California, with its Republican government, is a democrat (sic) state.

    Take your right-wing talking points and fuck off.

    You really think they will fly here?

  3. Sean D. Martin says:
    April 23, 2009 at 11:30 pm

    william: the failed democrat [sic]state.

    Failed? How?

    Can you actually back up you claim with facts? I’m doubting it.

  4. randy says:
    April 24, 2009 at 8:36 am

    “with its Republican government”

    Do some research bright guy. I lived in California for the last 45 years (just moved to Pa.). The democrats control everything in Sacramento except the governors mansion. They have for more than 20 years. The state, prison, and teacher unions are very powerful as well. It’s a failed democrat state.

    “Can you actually back up you claim with facts”

    The state is bankrupt. What else do you need to know?

  5. Sean D. Martin says:
    April 24, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    randy: Do some research bright guy.

    Typical. Someone makes a claim and they figure it’s the responsibility of those who disagree with them to find the support for it.

    Nope.

    The state, prison, and teacher unions are very powerful as well. … The state is bankrupt. What else do you need to know?

    So California “failure” is determined based on economic status. Social policy, etc don’t figure in it. OK, at least that’s a bit easier to measure then a claim that “it failed because it passed “liberal” laws”.

    So, by that standard, South Carolina (Repub gov and legislature, state not solvent), Indiana (Repub gov and Senate, not solvent) Missouri (Dem gov, Repub legislature, verging on insolvency) and Idaho (Repub gov and legislature, verging) are failed Republic states.

  6. JWeidner says:
    April 24, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    So let me get this straight. A state with an economy that is larger than most other COUNTRIES in the world is now a failed state. Fer chrissakes, get real.

  7. justadood says:
    April 24, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    As a californian, I don’t see a failed state, but conversely, I think there is already something of a Whitman State… Between the Governator and the legislature, they’re trying to do too much with too little. They need to get together on a solution: either tax more to do more government services, OR cut back on services to align the budget to the revenues/income.

    No other ways about it…either pull in more to pay for more. or cut back until the balance is reset. Doesn’t matter how politicians pretty up the verbiage: this will be the only workable solution.

    Only issue I see with the EBay comparison is: CA doesn’t have a Stumbleupon or Skype to sell off/spin off to return to profitability…..

    …unless one considers maybe returning LA and points south to Mexico. Now there’s an idea….

  8. Sean D. Martin says:
    April 24, 2009 at 5:34 pm

    justadood: …unless one considers maybe returning LA and points south to Mexico. Now there’s an idea….

    Yes! Give Orange County to Mexico. That should be an interesting show.

  9. Jack says:
    May 7, 2009 at 5:41 am

    I hate Californians