Gavin Newsom reveals why he canceled Scotland trip: His kids staged an 'intervention'

[brooklynite]

Sacramento Bee

After more than a week of silence, Gov. Gavin Newsom finally revealed the reason he canceled his trip to Scotland for the United Nations climate conference: spending Halloween with his kids.

Newsom and his wife, First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, had planned to attend the conference from Nov. 1-3 in Glasgow, which would have forced them to miss Halloween.

That upset the four Newsom children — ages 5, 8, 10 and 12 — so they staged what Newsom called an “intervention” at dinner.

“Mom and Dad missing Halloween, for them that was worse than missing Christmas,” Newsom told his former economic adviser Lenny Mendonca at a “fireside chat” during the California Forward economic conference in Monterey.

[Skittles]

1. seems lame to me

but then I missed most Halloweens while growing up (military family overseas)

[helpisontheway]

2. My husband missed many holidays during his military career and

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time with the RR. Why didn’t his wife stay home with the kids if it was such a big deal for them? Why didn’t they sit down and explain that you don’t back out of commitments because you have something else that you would rather do. The voters just saved him from losing his job.

[NJCher]

3. This is the best solution

Not going is a bad move.

[vanlassie]

4. A MUCH better decision than the one they made to go to

The French Laundry. When in doubt, choose family. As a Californian, I am confident we will manage.