Posted on 02/05/2002 2:50:57 PM PST by Henchster
Brit Hume just had a report on "Special Report" about Gray Davis (California governor) taking over $119,000 from Enron, more than anyone in Congress!
He showed a clip of Dim-bulb getting grilled by reporters on the State Capitol steps, and he was losing his temper as he stated that he has stopped taking contributions from energy companies since he became governor. He refuses to return the money.
Of course, maybe it's because I only watch Fox News.
Davis Conferred With Enron's CEO During State Energy Crisis Policy: Governor says he met with Lay over several months at the request of Clinton and Bush administrations but ultimately took none of his advice.
By DAN MORAIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Gray Davis conferred with then-Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay roughly half a dozen times last year when the Houston energy trader was riding high and California was mired in its energy crisis, but ultimately took none of his advice, the governor said in an interview Friday.
Davis made the comments as Enron struggles to emerge from bankruptcy, and as its influence on President Bush's energy policy has become the focus of various investigations. Davis added his voice earlier this week to demands for an investigation into Enron's impact on the California energy crisis.
The question of Davis' contacts with Lay surfaced Friday night in a broadcast of the PBS show "Now With Bill Moyers." The segment focused on Lay's influence on the Bush energy policy and with administration officials. But in an interview taped last spring for a Frontline/New York Times co-production by investigative journalist Lowell Bergman, Lay said he also had contact with the Clinton administration and with Davis. At the time, the Democratic governor publicly was labeling Texas energy companies as gougers and pirates.
Ed. Gray Davis received $119,000 in contributions from Enron.
YES, I saw it.....BUT, Jackson is ALL THAT IS WRONG with the BLUE part of America - the Democrats. But, I think a NEW DAY is dawning, and more of RED (RIGHT) America is shining its light on the cockroaches of the left!!!!
I'm in the oil & gas exploration business and saw graphically what went on in CA. Michigan prices for nat gas, while still historically high, were 50% less than prices we got for CA sales.
Thanks. I must give FReeper John Jorsett credit for those. . .
He was elected governor in 1998. Look at the 'Common Cause' list of contributions in 1999-2000.
Energy Industry Contributions to Gray Davis, 1995-2000
Did he lie or just misspeak?
I saw some early encouraging signs when power plants were built, but lately I've seen several that were put on hold or canceled for the ridiculous reasons of old.
Will Davis be facing another 'power shortage' come election time?
By the way what does Congressmen Waxman have to say about this? Nothing???? Oh, I forgot, Democrats are not to be bound by the rules they hold Republicans to, because Democrats are good people who care!
You remember right. The biggest "price gougers", by far, were the LA WPD and BC Hydro.
One the list of approximately a dozen accused "gougers", Enron was next to last -- with only 5-6% of the total MW under dispute and the second lowest price/MW.
For whatever reason, Enron was a marginal player in the Cal Power Crisis. But was nonetheless chosen to star in the companion feature: The Great PR War To Save Gov. Davis' Political Butt.
Simple. Every time he opens his mouth he LIES, and everything he says is a LIE.
He took the money after he LIED to us that he wouldn't and he's a LIAR when he says he stopped taking money from energy companies.
He'll be LYING tomorrow when he LIES and says he didn't LIE to us yesterday, and he'll be LYING when he LIES that he didn't LIE when he LIED while promising not to take any more energy money.
California Mentor Foundation-California Summit III
"The event will open with a plenary session and continental breakfast, presided over by a celebrity emcee. The highlighted keynote luncheon speaker will again be First Lady of California Sharon Davis, wife of Governor Gray Davis. Mrs. Davis serves as a statewide activist for children’s causes and development....
Distinguished corporate sponsors for the event include Andersen Consulting, Disneyland and the Disneyland Hotel, fresh ground software, Kikkoman, Microsoft, MCI Worldcom, Pacific Telesis, The Capital Group Companies, Inc., Global Crossing, and Marsh, among others."
...well, I didn't get any $$ from them either. But I did get Gray-Out Davis' rate increase, and gray outs.
Bush, of course, took political contributions from Enron. And, when they were about to go in the tank, look what it got them -- nothing. Consequently, Bush can make the legitimately contend that he's clean.
Davis can make much the same claim. Enron gave him political contributions and, in return, he bought copious amounts of power from them. Then...he stiffed 'em.
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