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
I expect these bids on long-term energy contracts should stabilize the market and drive the price of electricity down. This is a key step in our efforts to keep the lights on in California at a reasonable price.
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.
I believe the solution to the energy challenge is threefold: stabilize prices, increase conservation and increase generation,
I believe you wait until the money is there before you give it back.
If we get enough 'no' votes on the first question, then whatever Arnold Schwarzenegger does on the second question is of no significance,
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,
On the big enchilada, the thing that really matters above all others, I'm disappointed that we still have a fundamental disagreement,
Should we recall a sitting governor who's committed no crime, who's not mentally incompetent and has done some very positive things over the last several years, for this other fellow about whom some doubts have been raised by some reputable papers?
singles out companies that are conducting transactions electronically and attempts to impose tax-collection obligations on them to which, according to California courts, they are not subject.
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,