[Schatze]

The bill will affect everyone, no matter what kind of car he or she drives. Two of the California Air Resources Board's recommendations (thus far) include a 50-cent-per-gallon gas tax and a 2-cents-per-mile-driven tax. That encompasses all passenger vehicles.

[daviddennis]

Rockitz: Fortunately, I think you're wrong - Davis desperately needs to solidify his base, which is looking very seriously at the Green. This article, from a couple of weeks ago, shows how disenchanted the Left is with Gray Davis. They even had the nerve to say that Simon, however evil he may be, could hardly have done a worse job!

If Davis vetoes this bill, the Liberal media will slaughter him, and rightly so. To give you an idea of the stakes as senn from the left, here's the Weekly's take on the issue. As you can see, they believe this is an initiative that could revolutionize California, just as the electric car mandate of a few years back did. (What? You say it didn't? This is the same kind of feel-good, no substance issue, and I strongly suspect it will enjoy the same fate even if we don't manage to have it reversed).

Schatze: I believe those ideas were written out of this bill in an effort to make it more attractive to moderates. Frankly, in the end, I think the bill is completely toothless and worthless, and will become a complete no-op by 2009 regardless of what happens. I have expressed this view several times in threads relating to the bill, and so far I have not heard anyone agree ... or disagree.

D