I always love it when an anti-republican tries to divert the blame with false issues.Yes, Wilson signed the legislation which passed through the California legislature.Do you happen to know the margin by which it was carried by the Democrate controlled California legislature?
It was unanimous.
A veto would have been overridden, and the Dems would have blasted him for not signing it.
You need a little history lesson.
The deregulation bill (AB1890) was authored by Assembly Speaker (R)Jim Brulte under direction from Wilson's PUC.
The year it was introduced and passed the Republicans had control of the Assembly...AB stands for "Assembly Bill"
Of course it was unaminous it was unaminous because it contained everything the Democrats ever wanted and the results are still having their negative effects on us.
AB 1890 Assembly Bill - CHAPTEREDBILL NUMBER: AB 1890 CHAPTERED BILL TEXT CHAPTER 854 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 24, 1996 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 23, 1996 PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 31, 1996 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 30, 1996 CONFERENCE REPORT NO. 1 PROPOSED IN CONFERENCE AUGUST 28, 1996 AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 19, 1996 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 8, 1996 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 19, 1995 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 11, 1995 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 19, 1995 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 25, 1995 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Brulte (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Conroy, Kuykendall, and Martinez) (Principal coauthors: Senators Leonard, Peace, and Sher) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ackerman, Alby, Baca, Battin, Baugh, Boland, Frusetta, Goldsmith, Harvey, Margett, McPherson, Miller, Morrissey, Morrow, Pringle, Richter, Alpert, Baldwin, Brown, Bustamante, Cunneen, Davis, Ducheny, Escutia, Gallegos, Hawkins, Hauser, House, Kaloogian, Katz, Knowles, Machado, Mazzoni, Kevin Murray, Willard Murray, Napolitano, Olberg, Poochigian, Rainey, Rogan, Takasugi, and Woods) (Coauthors: Senators Alquist, Calderon, Haynes, Johannessen, Kelley, Maddy, Ayala, Dills, Costa, Craven, Hughes, Johnston, Kopp, Killea, Leslie, Marks, Petris, Polanco, Rosenthal, Russell, Solis, and Monteith)
Anti-Republican?...NO, but unlike you GOP lockstep nitwits I don't like getting screwed by Republicans any more than I like getting screwed by Democrats.
"Blame, hell," said Pete Wilson. "I take credit for having been the driving force to launch deregulation."-----
"I will not pretend to you that (the legislation) was a perfect, free-market mechanism. It wasn't. I knew that at the time. I signed it knowing that," said Wilson. "I thought whatever flaws would emerge ... they would be addressed by our successors."
He takes credit, I gave him credit.