[Carry_Okie]

During the same period, Caliber also hired Sacramento lobbyist Darius Anderson, a friend of Davis and of Davis' wife with close tiesto the administration. According to lobbying reports, Caliber paid $27,000 to Anderson's firm, Platinum Advisers, between Jan. 1 and March 30. The money went to lobby the governor's office, the state attorney general's office, the Department of Consumer Affairs and the Bureau of Automotive Repair, the state office that licenses repair shops.

California has become a turd-whirled banana democracy.

This is what you get with civic regulation.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for your added value input and colorful phrases describing what Kali has become.

[heleny]

California has become a turd-whirled banana democracy.

Good observation about the state of affairs, in more than one way.
Many people in California cannot properly pronounce words with the letter combination "th."

Gray Davis will be in San Diego tomorrow to speak at the "groundbreaking" ceremony (May 31st, 10-11AM) for two new engineering buildings at UCSD. I'll bet he has some fundraisers lined up in the area this weekend.