California: 65 million reasons for Davis to cruise. Governor keeps on bringing in the cash

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | September 22, 2002

[John Jorsett]

With just six weeks to go before the election, Gov. Gray Davis is well on his way to raising and spending a mind-bending $65 million in his bid for a fresh four years in Sacramento.

Davis initially had said he needed to raise a $50 million war chest, but apparently the fear of a close race against millionaire Republican rival Bill Simon has the governor (and his friends) dialing for dollars at an even more frantic pace than they had expected.

[John Jorsett]

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[Cicero]

Looks like the writer actually did a little investigative legwork on this one. Will wonders never cease?

[SierraWasp]

Hey! Liberal Larry! Will ya just look at the cronyism and corruption of the Liberal Party in CA! Hoo Boy!!!

They really are eatin the rich and takin care of the little guy, ain't they!!!

Just look at the Liberal/Lawyer/Labor/Looter complex and alla the back-scratchin goin on!!!

Pretty obscene for even a Liberal to look at, ain't it!

Trite, but true... "absolute power corrupts absolutely!"

[Carry_Okie]

...absolute power corrupts absolutely

When do we get to absolute?

It keeps getting worse.

[liberallarry]

Pretty obscene for even a Liberal to look at, ain't it!

Yeah.

But as a Bay Area Republican columnist said (on another thread) about this race

"Nobody ever said voting would be pretty"

She shares my view about all the candidates

[Saundra Duffy]

From a commentary in Friday's Wall Street Journal:

Gray Davis of California has recorded one of worst financial
performances of any governor in any state in a very long time. In his four years in office, the California budget has mushroomed from $74 billion to $101 billion. He inherited a $10 billion budget surplus; now the state faces a two-year $24 billion deficit -- the largest ocean of red ink in the history of the states. The state payroll swelled by 25,000 employees during Davis's first three years in office, a larger increase than the next three biggest states combined. Moody's has downgraded California bond ratings twice already. It may take years for the state to dig out of this fiscal ditch.