Gold's Gym Faces Backlash After CEO Gives to GOP Group (Gays pissed off)

[Soul Crusher]

Gold's Gym Faces Backlash After CEO Gives to GOP Group
CBS News ^ | October 26, 2010 | Stephanie Condon

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Four Gold's Gym franchises in the San Francisco Bay Area are abandoning their brand after learning that their parent company's owner made a large, private donation to American Crossroads, the conservative political group that backs candidates opposed to expanding gay rights.

Billionaire Robert Rowling, CEO of TRT Holdings, which owns Gold's, has given more than $2 million this election cycle to American Crossroads, the third party organization with ties to former Bush strategist Karl Rove.

Reports of Rowling's significant donations to American Crossroads angered some franchise owners, who said the donations betrayed Gold's strong ties to the gay community.

"Gold's Gym San Francisco has long been a pillar of the gay community. We will continue to be," Don Dickerson, the director of operations for Gold's Gym Bay Area, wrote in a Facebook note. "It is very unfortunate that the CEO of TRT Holdings has chosen this course of action. We do not support it in any way."

Dickerson wrote that four Bay Area Gold's Gyms will allow their contractual obligations with Gold's Gym International to expire in 2012, if they are not able to end them sooner. On top of that, the franchises plan to match every dollar paid in Gold's Gym in franchise fees with a donation of equal or greater size to LGBT charities.

Rowling's donations also spurred an online petition, which now has more than 4,000 signatures, calling on Gold's to stop its corporate executives from "taking money from customers and spending it in order to elect anti-gay politicians."


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[Soul Crusher]

BTW - that pic is of Rahm Emanuel. 

[Master Blaster]

BTW - that pic is of Rahm Emanuel. 

Is he a top or a bottom?

[~UN_$ung~]

"We are very openminded and accepting of different ways of life here in San Fransicko......anything is toletated...........indi viduality is encouraged.............. ...unless of course we disagree with you politically...........in which case we will smear you, and turn everyone against and drive you out of town........ WE get what WE want."


fucking f@ggots........

[The Showstoppa]

"We are very openminded and accepting of different ways of life here in San Fransicko......anything is toletated...........indi viduality is encouraged.............. ...unless of course we disagree with you politically...........in which case we will smear you, and turn everyone against you until WE get what WE want.


fucking f@ggots........

Quoted for MF'n truth !!!   Very open minded.....as long as you agree with them.....modern liberalism in America.

[Nails]

The Mens Locker room in a Fags Dream come true, Thats why i stay clear away from them....

[~UN_$ung~]

do these people realize that  pretty much ALL corporations and CEOs  make political donations to democrats, republicans, and thier support organizations

its something ALL companies do..............many companies donate to BOTH sides


have we become SO partisan in America now that we are going to start diffing into campaign records and vetting companies to see which candidates they donated to before we use their products

[Soul Crusher]

Yes - its gotten totally insane lately. 

[The Showstoppa]

Honestly, it would make me want to get a golds membership....

[medz zeppelin]

me too

[Soul Crusher]

Honestly, it would make me want to get a golds membership....

I used to belong to Gold's   They changed to planet fitness and tossed me out on Day 1.  

I go to NYSC now.  

[~UN_$ung~]

if i followed the logic of these silly little butt-pirates i could LITERALLY NEVER go see a movie again


99% of Hollywood is outspokenly radically leftist.........and channel their money to the most radically progressive causes in the entire worl


i dont agree with these people and their causes...........so should i never watch a movie again??




it just fucking ridiculous




san francisco is run by liberal-athiestic-homosexual thuggery...........anyon e who doestn fall in line ideologically, gets attacked in the courts, gets attacked financially, and is ostracized from the social structure

its basically fascism there

[Nails]

i would love to go to gold's gym.... BUT they are like $40 a month, and i only pay $8 a month at bally total fitness, maybe one day ill try it for a year and see if the price difference is worth it

[Soul Crusher]

i would love to go to gold's gym.... BUT they are like $40 a month, and i only pay $8 a month at bally total fitness, maybe one day ill try it for a year and see if the price difference is worth it

I pay $75 per month for NYSC and feel its worth it. 

Hot chics, no thugs, parking, decent crowd etc. 

As for the homos - they are an emotional bunch no?   

[tonymctones]

ahhh the tolerant left in action...

[MuscleMcMannus]

Well one thing is for sure.............don't fuck with gay people............they are some of the wealthiest and most powerful up and comers in society nowadays.  Seriously...........gay people can swing entire markets with their opinions.  It's crazy.  Here in OC some of the most successful, wealthiest people are fags.  In fact overall they are a pretty successful group of people. 

[medz zeppelin]

 

[Emmortal]

Yes - its gotten totally insane lately. 

Irony at its sheer best, right here folks.

[Nails]

I pay $75 per month for NYSC and feel its worth it. 

Hot chics, no thugs, parking, decent crowd etc. 

As for the homos - they are an emotional bunch no?   

My uncle is a personal trainer EERRRRRRRRRRRRR a female massage stretcher at ballys and he tell me stories of people getting caught stealing 100lb dumbells in their bag packs... if they can sell 100lbs no wonder i can never find 25lbs for laterals.

Best gyms sorry to say are in the white areas, like santa monica, manhattan beach, redondo beach and so on, Even west hollywood but once again I dont go into the mens locker rooms

[Soul Crusher]

My uncle is a personal trainer EERRRRRRRRRRRRR a female massage stretcher at ballys and he tell me stories of people getting caught stealing 100lb dumbells in their bag packs... if they can sell 100lbs no wonder i can never find 25lbs for laterals.

Best gyms sorry to say are in the white areas, like santa monica, manhattan beach, redondo beach and so on, Even west hollywood but once again I dont go into the mens locker rooms

Ha ha ha - I worked as a PT at Bally's back in the day and we had the same shit with people stealing the dumbbells in the Bronx.  I go to NYSC in Scarsdale, NY.  Its a 15 minute drive - but well worth it as opposed to the trash near me.     

[johnnynoname]

 I go to NYSC in Scarsdale, NY.

brag much?

[benchmstr]

hahaha at paying for a gym membership...

bench

[Soul Crusher]

brag much?

No - the place is 75% full of guidos and little cuties running around with a few soccer moms and others.   Its really Eastchester, but is considered Scarsdale for marketing purposes.

Personally, I really like the place since everyone is cool as hell with each other and never any beefs or fights with people. 

Flex Appeal in Mt Vernon is a lot better, but who wants to work out in a prison yard?         

[tommywishbone]

When Pete, Ed and Tim sold Gold's it all fell apart. Sadness.

[Palpatine Q]

I pay $75 per month for NYSC and feel its worth it. 

Hot chics, no thugs, parking, decent crowd etc. 

As for the homos - they are an emotional bunch no?   

I do the same here in AZ...Lifetime Fitness is the upscale gym here @ 56 a month.

Worth every penny...no fucking beaners or MMA dildos mean-mugging the white people with jobs. And ASS for days