Davis takes on his energy policy critics (California )

The Sacramento Bee ^ | Thursday, Jan. 24, 2002 | Emily Bazar

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Striking back at his Republican detractors, Gov. Gray Davis on Wednesday defended his much-maligned energy policies and argued that the power crisis grew out of an excessive and irresponsible reliance on the open market.

The Democratic governor, who spoke before the Sacramento Press Club and the California Newspaper Publishers Association, focused his two speeches on his accomplishments in the areas of education, health care and security.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[Libertarianize the GOP]

Davis said the deregulation scheme adopted by California lawmakers in 1996 was faulty because it relied too heavily on free-market forces. Rather than keep electricity prices low, he said, the system allowed power companies to play the market and keep electricity prices artificially high.

You can tell that the Governor is a Democrat. The truth is an irrelevant concept; the problem is State control not the lack of State control.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

You have that right!

[kickme]

Likely his critics are jest 'bout all the folk in der state - exceptin those that ain't got no wirin in their shoppin carts....

(can this simple *** just go away and leave us alone?)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

(can this simple *** just go away and leave us alone?)

Well now he is a career politician whose job it is to
help all of us poor people with our problems, don't you know!

LOL!

[Joe Boucher]

Gotta think that Davis' mom and dad were cousins. Inbread stupidity, the only explaination.

[Angelique]

Davis is trying to sell those bridges the terrorists were going to target....yea, that's the ticket

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

LOL!

[Robert357]

....excessive and irresponsible reliance on the open market.

And here I thought that the cause of the power crisis was bad management by elected California officials. I suppose that the Stockmarket is also irresponsible. I further suppose that Davis would like to impose full price controls, like Nixon did back in the early 70's, so that he can keep the US Economy from having to rely upon open market forces. No wonder the California economy is in the toilet!