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 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.
We have National Guard there. We have Highway Patrol there. We're working with the Coast Guard -- they have increased their presence, ... So we believe it is perfectly safe.
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.
We believe you will not have to pay more than the current rate structure proposes - which is, for 50 percent of the public, nothing; for another 25 percent, only a 10 percent increase; and for the remaining 25 percent, a 34 percent increase.
We believe there is a credible threat that there will be an effort made between November 2nd and November 7th to destroy one of those bridges.
have a plan in place and we believe it's working.
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.
The choice next Tuesday is crystal clear: You can retain me as governor and allow me to finish the term you elected me to serve last November, or you can elect Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor,
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.
They want to get rid of me to get rid of the progress, ... terminate the 'Terminator'.
We will never forget the people who stood up to Mother Nature's fury. They are standing up to the worst of Mother Nature.
Tonight the voters decided it was time for someone else to serve.
Boring is back! Boring might even be beautiful!