In the summer of 2002, Davis got the Los Angeles District Attorney to indict William E. Simon & Sons (Simon's father's company) for fraud in a pay telephone business. A Los Angeles Superior Court jury found the company guilty and ordered the company to pay $78 million in damages for fraud and other misconduct. Davis then used this lawsuit to bash Simon's credentials as a successful businessman in negative campaign ads.
Simon lost the election for Governor, and a few months later the appeals court overturned the verdict and nullified the penalty.
A year later, Davis was thrown out of office in the recall election for massive "pay-to-play" schemes.
-PJ
Doesn’t matter. His campaign was run terribly. He even lost Deb Saunders. His photo-op with W in the WH was supposed to be filmed. No fight in Simon. I read his dad’s book. That’s the reason I sent Simon $50. Waste of money. You can’t blame the rats for doing what they do.