California: You wouldn t know the environment is a big issue by watching the governor s race

LA Weekly ^ | April 19 - 25, 2002 | Bill Bradley

[daviddennis]

I don't know who he is, but I'm going to go out on a limb and assume he's a staff writer for the Weekly. As I have said before, the Weekly is somewhere left of Ralph Nader, and demonizes pretty much everyone who isn't, very much including Gray Davis. I don't think they will go so far as to endorse the Green, but they'll stop right on the borderline of doing so. Note that this article is only slightly kinder to Davis than Simon.

I'm sure glad we have the web to look up sources. Robert Novak's column sounds bad, when put into the context the Weekly uses. But read the column, and it doesn't look like a big deal at all. Note especially the last sentence of the section on the Governor's race:

Parsky has strongly endorsed Simon, and Bush will visit California later this month to campaign for the GOP nominee.

So much for the idea of a seriously divided GOP.

In terms of the fundraising and other issues, this is of course an ancient article. Looks to me that Simon has found a voice in criticizing the Oracle scandal and similar problems that are erupting.

Finally, note in the last paragraph that Davis is getting ready to kowtow to those nice people who contribute money to him. Maybe we should be glad he's corrupt, for that global warming bill really would be a disaster, and I'm betting that on principle, he would love to support it.

D

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for your good comments as always!

I agree that Bradley seems to be a regular because he has a column in the paper frequently and seems to specialize on Davis, Simon, and Riordan before the primary.