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<p>It's simple for Simon -- move all the hardcore liberals to S.F.</p> <p>Nothing would make me happier than to see Republican Bill Simon thrash Gray Davis come November's gubernatorial election. The only problem is that we don't have enough conservatives in California to win.</p>

Displaying anger and exasperation, Gov. Gray Davis vigorously defended his handling of California's energy crisis yesterday and asserted that his policies saved the Golden State from severe economic decline. "I kept the lights on," Davis said in an interview with editors at The San Diego Union-Tribune. "It just sounds a little presumptuous, but I think I should at least get a round of applause. I don't get squat." Davis also drew a sharp distinction between himself and Bill Simon, his Republican challenger in the governor's race, declaring that he opposes deregulation, which Simon supports. "Deregulation was a total scam ...

GOP rivals take aim at Riordan DEBATE: Jones and Simon turn up the heat on the front-runner, who focuses his fire on Gov. Davis. LONG BEACH - Republican gubernatorial front-runner Richard Riordan fought off his opponents' attacks in the last GOP debate Wednesday night and assailed incumbent Democrat Gray Davis at every turn. With the March 5 primary less than three weeks away, Secretary of State Bill Jones, the underdog in funding and polls, went after Riordan and Los Angeles investor Bill Simon. Simon attacked Riordan and Davis. Riordan, the former mayor of Los Angeles, avoided engaging with Jones ...

Excerpts from the article ... click on the link above for entire article. ----CUT----- In a world dominated by cocksure, battle-tested politicians, Bill Simon is an eager, earnest work in progress, openly delighting in every stage of his maiden campaign. He listens to old Ronald Reagan radio addresses in his car, works the cell phone while on the treadmill, huddles with a "brain trust" he assembled for policy advice, studies tapes of past gubernatorial debates--and tries to learn Spanish on the side. If the wealthy Los Angeles investor loses to a Republican rival March 5, it won't be for lack ...

RIORDAN ON ABORTION. In his bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan has called for more taxpayer funding for abortion. In a November 8 interview, Los Angeles Times columnist, George Skelton asked Riordan "whether he had core political beliefs." "My basic conviction," said Riordan, "is what is in the best interest of the poor. We need to have successful businesses so there will be quality jobs.... We should fire bureaucrats in school districts who fail poor children." And, said the Republican contender, "the poor should have the same option on abortion that the rich have. ...

Host: Roger Hedgecock, former San Diego mayor now talk show host and sometime fill-in for Rush Limbaugh. Participants: Simon, Jones. Reardon (apparent) MIA. Listen online here.

Finance: The controller fears there will be no money to pay bills and foresees a need to borrow up to $8 billion next fiscal year. A Davis aide scoffs at warning. SACRAMENTO -- SACRAMENTO -- Controller Kathleen Connell, who must track California's cash flow, warned Tuesday that the state will end the fiscal year with virtually no money to pay its bills, and may have to borrow as much as $8 billion next year. Even under Davis' more optimistic view, Connell said, the state could be forced to borrow $2 billion in the new fiscal year that begins July 1. ...

Bill Jones, Liberal Dick Riordan and Bill Simon are starting it up now. Any other Freepers out there watching the show? I'm mixing up my first White Russian and sitting back to watch Simon whoop ass.

<p>Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon says he wants to be the candidate of ideas. Compared to others in the race, having laid out specific proposals about the California budget, economy, education and infrastructure, he can lay some claim to that title.</p>

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, January 21, 2002 SACRAMENTO - The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, a leading taxpayer advocate organization, today announced its endorsement of Bill Simon for Governor. "Bill Simon has shown himself to be a thoughtful and articulate candidate dedicated to protecting the rights of taxpayers in California," said HJTA President Jon Coupal. "Already this year Governor Davis has hit Californians with a $1.2 billion sales tax increase. He resorted to ambiguous budget rhetoric that has led policymakers to believe he is openly encouraging another tax increase this year. "With the depressed state economy, a tax increase is the ...

California ProLife Endorses Simon for Governor SACRAMENTO - The California affiliate of National Right to Life, the California ProLife Council, announced today that its Political Action Committee has endorsed Bill Simon for Governor. “We are pleased to endorse Bill Simon,” said Brian Johnston, Executive Director of the California ProLife Council (CPLC). “He is committed to renewing a culture of life in California; he believes in restoring legal protection for innocent life and affirming the involvement of caring parents should their minor daughter face a problem pregnancy. Bill Simon will make an excellent governor.” California’s current governor, Gray Davis, is opposed ...

Riordan's Campaign Atypical for Republican Primary: Some say the gubernatorial candidate's liberal stance could work against him. By MICHAEL FINNEGAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER In West Hollywood, Republican gubernatorial candidate Richard Riordan tells a gay and lesbian group that he might support the kind of same-sex unions legalized in Vermont. In Oakland, he tells a minority civil rights group that he will "embarrass" the Bush administration if that's what it takes to get health care money for impoverished Californians. Leaders, Riordan says, must ask themselves every day, "What's in the interest of the poor?" It's a decidedly unorthodox approach to a ...

Colorado Springs—In a nationwide radio broadcast Monday, Focus on the Family President James C. Dobson, Ph.D., joined by Family Research Council President Ken Connor and Alliance Defense Fund President Alan Sears, called on Christians to register opposition to a proposed piece of legislation in California that would change the nature of marriage in California and across the nation. Assembly Bill 1338, sponsored by Assemblyman Paul Koretz (D-West Hollywood), would establish civil unions for homosexual couples as equal to traditional marriage, and according to the bill's author, would affect 1,500 state laws that currently apply only to heterosexual marriage. The California ...

I just learned that the Simon For Governor campaign has realesed its first radio ad. You can listen to it on their web site. Here's the text (but it's better when you listen to it): (Announcer's text in Italics.) Bill Simon -- the right experience and right qualities to be a great Republican Governor for California. I'm Bill Simon. As a conservative Republican I want to get our state headed back in the right direction. My experience in public service, as a successful businessman and as a leader in charity have prepared me to bring the California dream to everyone. ...

Sacramento TV Station KCRA is doing a poll on Deomnrat Gray Davis' job performance. It's under the story about Davis' State of the State address tonight. VOTE

LOS ANGELES -- The California Republican gubernatorial primary is set to intensify today with the first television ad of the political season, a 60-second spot from former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan. The ad focuses on Riordan's record as mayor and will run in almost all the state's media markets, except for Los Angeles, where Riordan is already known, senior strategist Don Sipple said Monday. ``The average Californian will be exposed to it numerous times over the time that it's on the air,'' Sipple said. The planned ad signals a new and more visible phase of the campaign for the ...

PR02:006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 01/08/2002 GOVERNOR DAVIS DELIVERS STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS 1/8/2002 SACRAMENTO Thank you, Lieutenant Governor Bustamante. Speaker Hertzberg, President Pro Tempore Burton, Speaker-designate Wesson, distinguished Members of the Legislature, Chief Justice Ron George and honorable Justices of the Supreme Court, including our newest justice, Carlos Moreno. Please join me in welcoming Justice Moreno to our highest court. My fellow Constitutional Officers, esteemed Cabinet Secretaries, friends and fellow Californians. Please join me in welcoming the two most important women in my life - the love of my life, the First Lady of California, Sharon Davis, and the ...

Tuesday January 08 10:13 AM EST Simon Has Stock in Alleged Profiteer By MATT LAIT and SCOTT GLOVER Republican gubernatorial candidate William E. Simon Jr. owns stock in a natural gas company accused of taking advantage of California's energy woes by creating an artificial supply shortage that sent prices soaring. Simon, a Los Angeles investment banker, owns about $16,750 of stock in El Paso Natural Gas Co., according to campaign aides and economic disclosure forms filed by his campaign. Simon and his family's investment company have owned the stock since 1988, Simon's brother and campaign manager said. El Paso Natural ...

<p>Californians are feeling better and better about the job performances of all of their elected officials except one: Gov. Gray Davis.</p> <p>A Field Poll released Wednesday shows near-record high job approvals for the U.S. Congress and Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein. President Bush recorded skyrocketing marks in a recent Field survey. Even the Legislature's image has partially recovered from a dip it took earlier this year in the heat of the state energy crisis, according to Wednesday's poll.</p>