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 have an obligation to share with the people of this state information that may well be credible to affect their lives, ... More importantly, I want them to know that we have gone the extra mile to protect them.
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.
I think we can strengthen our relationship with Mexico which, by the way, was the state's largest trading partner in the fourth quarter of 1998,
I think Arnold's off to a good start,
The answer to improving public schools is staying on the path that we are on.
We need an opportunity for the markets to stabilize so that consumers in our states don't have to bear the disproportional burden of rising natural gas prices or undue profiteering,
My most important priority is to restore our schools to greatness.
Last Friday, 50 million Americans lost power for 29 hours. In California, not a single light has gone out in the last two years,
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.
If it could happen, Davis would look forward to such an opportunity. It's just very difficult to listen to inaccurate facts that went unchallenged.
If that initiative were to pass, investment would be withheld, and it would take years and years longer before we had a surplus of power.
Whatever is done has to be done in a fair and objective manner,
There is no easy solution, ... But, if I have to use the power of eminent domain to prevent generators from driving consumers into the dark and utilities into bankruptcy, then that's what I'll do.