LOS ANGELES - Top contributors to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger have been rewarded with a private telephone number that gives them access to his closest advisers and even the governor himself.

The Los Angeles Times reports that major donors are invited twice a month to join in conference calls that feature information about the governor's campaign strategy.

In turn, donors who dial in can give the governor advice.

The Times was given access to one of the conference calls Thursday by an unidentified participant.

In the half-hour call, the Times said Schwarzenegger media strategist Don Sipple outlined a plan to create a "phenomenon of anger" to turn voters against public employee unions.

The unions have been some of the governor's harshest critics.

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