Plumbers flood Davis with campaign dollars (Liquid Gubinor Alert!)

Sac Bee ^ | 9/19/02 | Margaret Talev

[NormsRevenge]

An obscure battle over what sort of pipes can be used in California homes has become a cash cow for Gov. Gray Davis.

Plumbers unions, whose members stand to lose pay if copper water pipes are replaced by a less-expensive plastic known as PEX, have donated at least $384,000 to the Democratic governor's re-election campaign in a post-Labor Day wave.

[NormsRevenge]

DUMP DAVI$ & the Den of Socialists



GO SIMON

[NormsRevenge]

Ping This is sweet!

After the commission's vote, plumbers contributed $280,000 to Davis.

Davis' acceptance of the donations has fueled criticism that the governor runs an administration that forces special interest groups to contribute large amounts in order to influence policy.

[eureka!]

"Kevin Eckery, a spokesman for a consortium of PEX makers"

Get off yer duff, form a PAC, and start running some issue ads. Your 'consortium' will make much more by getting the truth out there ya putz...

[thucydides]

But..but...I thought democrats were for the little guy, the fellow struggling to get a home.... The plastic pipe boys should immediately file a lawsuit against Governor Corrupt Clinton Davis, and publicly demand prosecution. The fact that the Sac Bee is carrying this story tells you that even liberals are getting sick of this kind of corruption.

[NorseWood]

Something stinks here. Bring out the Draino! We need to flush out eGray Davis!

[Gophack]

Republicans this week asked state Attorney General Bill Lockyer to investigate Davis in 21 fund-raising instances, including the PEX controversy. Lockyer has agreed to review the cases but says he has not seen evidence that the governor has taken action in exchange for money.

Everyone else sees it, why not Lockyer? Could be he's blinded by the donkey ... or culpable?

[Gophack]

Ping

[Lizard_King]

As someone who actually worked in the glamorous plumbing biz for a while (albeit in MD not Commiefornia), it is a straightforward issue in my opinion. Copper pipes are a luxury, not a necessity, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with plastic. A lot of plumbers prefer to work with copper for diverse reasons (not least that it allows a marvelous margin of error and a near infinite cash cow in the future because fixing copper piping is beyond most homeowners skills), but none are significant enough to outweigh the fact that plastic is cheap and easily replaced when busted.

Join a Union...where else can corporate welfare masquerade as environmental action and The People's Choice?

[ElkGroveDan]

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

That timing is so obvious~See this article everyone:

Calif. Gov. Still Raises Big Money

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[SierraWasp]

The sesspool in the Crapitol is backing up!!!