Putting a new face on Davis' Web links; Gubernatorial foe calls mug mandate

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | March 12, 2002 | Linda Gledhill

[Torie]

Sacramento -- A day after last week's primary election, Gov. Gray Davis' administration issued a reminder to state agencies that his image is supposed to appear on every state of California Web site.

Under a policy implemented a year ago, the governor's face is used to link all state Web sites to the governor's page and e-mail address. While the governor's office says the move is one in a series of steps to make a more consumer-friendly Web site, critics say the governor is using the site for campaign purposes.

[Torie]

I'm not sure Gov. Davis having his mug shot everywhere will cause his vote totals to accrete. I suspect they are more likely to erode. Certainly if I were running for office, I would ban my pic from all web sites.

[.38sw]

Putting governr grayout's picture on state websites is enhancing government service? gag me. I had occasion to visit the Ca. Department of Food and Agriculture website for some info, and nearly choked when I saw that goofball grinning on the webpage. I didn't find it helpful at all...

[CounterCounterCulture]

Sounds pretty desperate for someone who thinks Simon will be "easy prey."

BTW, here's Gray Davis' campaign site...note "President Bartlett" in the mug shot with Gray...

http://www.graydavis.com/

Also note the goofy Gray Davis animation/cartoons sprinkled throughout the website

[CounterCounterCulture]

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[Mike K]

That shot with Sheen and Davis is kinda' weird, isn't it? You don't think that Davis believes that Sheen is really ... no, not even California democrats are that dumb.

[let freedom sing]

That's as close as Gray will ever be to "President."