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NOTE: here is an updated version with recall lyrics MIDI - CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' Surplus is all gone…it's been blown away Ask our governor...what he has to say He says not to worry…it will all be okay California's screamin'…we must get rid of Gray Everything's a mess…more harm he'll do today Someone's sleeping at the switch…the state's in disarray While Davis says he's in control…and it will be okay California's screamin'…we must get rid of Gray (musical interlude) We still have a chance…help is on the way Sign up to recall…no time for delay It is time to worry…things are not...

<p>Gray Davis came into the governorship of California with a well-deserved reputation for leaving nothing to chance, having survived his decades-long, rung-by-rung climb up the political ladder by capitalizing on, even exploiting, any opportunity to align himself with a popular political position.</p>

Activist Laguna Beach Mayor Named to State Coastal Panel Toni Iseman once chained herself to a bulldozer to block canyon development. 'She gets it,' says one Sierra Club official. By Stanley Allison Times Staff Writer January 16 2003 Laguna Beach Mayor and environmental crusader Toni Iseman is the newest appointee to the powerful California Coastal Commission, the panel announced Wednesday. Iseman, appointed by Senate President Pro Tem John Burton (D-San Francisco), has been an outspoken environmental advocate since the 1970s and has helped lead an ongoing battle against the development of Laguna Canyon. "She recognizes the economic importance of protecting...

Colour me confused. In Florida, both sides are pouring tons of money into a race between a popular incumbent and a well-financed but vacuous challenger. The challenger is only 8 points behind the incumbent. This is considered a competitive race, even though Jeb is a popular incumbent with most of the important endorsements and clear wins in the debates. In California, one side has been called "doomed" from the moment his campaign began. He's spent hardly any money, and his campaign has finally ramped up only a few weeks ago. This candidate is only ten points behind his extremely unpopular...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A state appeals court says a group that trashed Gov. Gray Davis on the airwaves last year neither has to register as a political committee nor disclose its financial backers. The decision, announced late Wednesday, may clear the way for fresh, anonymous attack ads as the November election nears. The move by the 1st District Court of Appeal overturns a lower court judge in a case balancing the First Amendment and California's rules requiring disclosure. In September, a San Francisco judge ruled that a Washington, D.C.-based taxpayer group that ran television advertisements last year attacking Davis...

<p>SACRAMENTO - A day after announcing he'd banked $31 million for his campaign, Gov. Gray Davis on Wednesday bemoaned his own financial status at an appearance before the National Guard.</p> <p>Republican Bill Simon, a wealthy investment banker, came under fire last week after the IRS began investigating a firm that devised ways to reduce his and other clients' taxes.</p>

<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) - Even as Gov. Gray Davis was being accused of mingling his hunger for fund-raising with state business, he was collecting campaign contributions at a clip of more than $2 million a month from a variety of donors, according to documents filed Tuesday.</p>

Well, this will get us started on this hot subject today in California. Casio graphic link: (Casio Power Status Link)