>>4938411 pb
>>4938390
>owned nearly half of the vineyard acreage in California…
>>4938080
Agree...If we're gonna climb the ladder, Gallo is key.
>>4806542 pb
Gallo's been throwing big $$$ for Pelosi for a long long time.
>>4932799 pb from 2006:
>https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Pelosi-mines-California-gold-for-Dems-2500746.php
>A few of Pelosi's major donors represent business interests that give generously to members of both parties. These include the owners of E. & J. Gallo Winery in Modesto and their families, who have given Pelosi $76,000. They have lobbied on such issues as agricultural subsidies, liquor labeling laws and business tax breaks. Another big source of contributions was employees of the law and lobbying firm Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld, which represents interests ranging from Arizona Indian tribes to the Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
And from 2002, Ernest Gallo personally calling Congressmen to get them to vote for NP instead on Steny Hoyer for Whip.
>https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/2002/01/06/the-making-of-madam-whip/2decba27-a22a-4ae9-a845-0f178af64e65/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.78d9cab34ce9
Ernest Gallo, the wealthy California vintner, wanted to talk to him. Dooley, a loyal member of the Congressional Wine Caucus, had never heard from Gallo in his life. He picked up the phone and dialed.
"I'm just calling to encourage you to support Nancy Pelosi for whip," Gallo said to Dooley's surprise. Pelosi, the liberal 61-year-old who represents San Francisco in the House of Representatives, was running hard for the second-highest Democratic leadership position in the House. The job is a real insider post, involved as much in mediating disputes over committee assignments and lining up votes as it is with setting grand policy. But here was Gallo telling Dooley: "It's important for California."