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
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.
he has precisely the right experience to be president.
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.
The people did decide that it's time for someone else to serve and I accept their judgment.
My most important priority is to restore our schools to greatness.
Clearly, this was a mechanical problem, very unlikely to be having anything to do with any plot against anyone, ... We regret the loss of life and the injuries that have occurred there.
California drove the economic boom of the last eight years, and it could drive it down just as easily,
It's not a bailout, ... It accomplishes two purposes: It provides the funding to revitalize the utilities, but it lets ratepayers know they will gain as the utilities gain.
I have talked to Bush. I have dealt with him in the past ... we were fellow governors, ... I believe he will approach this in a practical problem-solving fashion.
I'm taking care of the rest of it, ... We are building more plants and we are conserving, but prices under the law we passed in 1996 are exclusively a matter for the federal government to resolve -- and they've dropped the ball big time.
If the news events over the last couple days have raised any doubts in your mind about the wisdom of electing Arnold Schwarzenegger, I say to you, 'Come home, vote no on the recall.'
In some parts of California, people are going without power, ... I would love to keep the lights on. But it's important that we all pull together to reduce the strain on the grid.
George Bush, whatever his skills and accomplishments, will not carry California. You can take to that to the bank,