Gray Davis
Gray Davis
Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis, Jr.is an American politician who served as the 37th Governor of California from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Democratic Party, only months into his second term, in 2003 Davis was recalled and removed from office, the second state governor successfully recalled in U.S. history. Prior to serving as governor, Davis was chief of staff to Governor Jerry Brown, a California State Assemblyman, California State Controllerand the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California. Davis holds a...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 December 1942
CityBronx, NY
Meanwhile, people have to join us and fight back against the federal government that has dropped the ball, that is in bed with these energy companies, that wants them to make more money than they've made before.
Here is my general approach to the energy companies. You have already charged the utilities a 50 percent credit penalty for the power they were buying from you. You're charging us a penalty. You're not going to get two bites of the apple here.
They're the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and they will not do that. They will not pull the trigger.
We'll have a public power authority, which will also have the ability to build power or finance power. And more importantly, we'll have more power than our economy provides. All of that will give us leverage we don't have today.
I don't know why they're doing it. I have to assume that their motives are positive, not negative. But they don't understand the severity of the problem in this state.
I have gotten the message, ... I understand a lot of people signed the recall. We are trying very hard every day to solve people's problems.
I have determined that this situation is of such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the capabilities of the state,
I don't have any specific advice for the congressman. What he should or shouldn't do are matters best left to him and his constituents,
I don't care. My trademark is I say what I think, for better or for worse.
I am going to fight this recall and the right-wing forces behind it. You can take that to the bank.
Mr. Schwarzenegger should be ashamed of himself, ... He supported 187, and he has said that one of his first acts as governor, which he will not get a chance to do, would be to repeal the legislation I just signed granting drivers licenses to hard-working immigrants that pay taxes in our society. So that is not the way to recognize the contribution immigrants are making to our society.
My friends, this was a massive effort ranging over 180 miles in six counties, probably the worst fires in California history,
On the big enchilada, the thing that really matters above all others, I'm disappointed that we still have a fundamental disagreement,
If we get enough 'no' votes on the first question, then whatever Arnold Schwarzenegger does on the second question is of no significance,