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
have a plan in place and we believe it's working.
We started focusing on this in earnest late summer and early fall. I can build more power plants. In the 12 years before us, not a single plant of major consequence was built.
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.
a huge miscalculation. They did not anticipate the recovery that California experienced and the particular needs of the tech-based economy here in California. Secondly, there was no effort to build more (power) plants to meet that demand.
Why? Because we're very well down this process as it is - flawed as it is - and we're counting on getting more power plants on line by the end of 2003 so we have a surplus of power.
We will never forget the people who stood up to Mother Nature's fury. They are standing up to the worst of Mother Nature.
I've said many times to reporters that I have an obligation to serve a four-year term, and I'm committed to do so.
The state will be in the power business for a long time to come,
The whole purpose of this is a bridge to a long-term solution,
These are serious questions, which, if true, raise doubts about his ability to govern this state. You need to think about whether this is a risk California should take,
Boring is back! Boring might even be beautiful!
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.
who gave their lives so we could live this day and every day in freedom.
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,