CA: 2 boosts for drive to recall governor

Sac Bee ^ | 5/6/03 | Margaret Talev

[NormsRevenge]

Advisers to Rep. Darrell Issa said Monday that the wealthy Republican congressman and gubernatorial hopeful has agreed to put up enough "seed money" to begin the professional signature-gathering effort deemed necessary to wage a successful recall effort against Gov. Gray Davis.

[NormsRevenge]

Not a peep on the online front page of Sac Bee about the Recall Rally yesterday. hmmm, I wonder why?

Local stations in the Bay Area did show it however. Also, Tom McClintock spoke briefly as well. Go Tom!!

[Credo]

There might be some backfire with recalling Doofus.

There may be some advantages to having him in office with Boxer up for reelection in 2004.

[lainie]

My thinking is that it's best to keep this recall idea alive as long as possible. It's not going to actually happen. Keeping the idea aloft is some good strategory. I don't know why Issa wants to flush money down the drain like this, but I suppose someone has to. More power to him.

[rolling_stone]

"It's not going to actually happen"

I have a feeling it might happen, people are ticked off about him lying about the budget problem, and others remember how he killed prop 187 by not appealing it...a proposition that the people voted in and still want..

http://citizensforjustice.org/gray/prop187.html

[Credo]

I used to live in California. I think Doofus is well ... a Doofus. The problem I have with the recall is why he wasn't voted out in November.

[Sangria]

Credo, I can't understand it either. How die that fool get a second term?

[NormsRevenge]

From the Mercury News and the Scripps-McClatchy Western Service

Backers hit threshold for recall signatures

SACRAMENTO - Anti-tax activist Ted Costa of People's Advocate and a conservative former state assemblyman, Howard Kaloogian, said Monday they have submitted 100,000 voter signatures to elections officials in California's 58 counties in their bid to recall Gov. Gray Davis.

By exceeding 10 percent of the needed signatures, they trigger a requirement that county election officials begin checking the validity of signatures and reporting monthly counts to the California Secretary of State's Office -- effectively taking the effort seriously.

``Momentum is picking up,'' Costa told a crowd of about 150 people joining him at a rally outside the Capitol. Davis supporters, however, pointed out that at the rate petitions are being collected, recall backers would miss the September signature-gathering deadline.

Also Monday, advisers to Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, said the wealthy congressman and gubernatorial hopeful has agreed to put up enough ``seed money'' to begin the professional signature-gathering effort deemed necessary to wage a successful recall effort.

In conjunction with Issa's pledge, associates on Monday filed paperwork with elections officials establishing a new recall fundraising committee, Rescue California, which will be led by political consultant Dave Gilliard. More details are expected to be released Wednesday.

Issa political consultant Scott Taylor declined to say how much Issa has pledged to the effort.

[NormsRevenge]

Ping

[dalereed]

The petitions only became available 5 weeks ago, if you don't like it, just shut up!

[rolling_stone]

I used to live in California. I think Doofus is well ... a Doofus. The problem I have with the recall is why he wasn't voted out in November.


I think you are saying he should have been voted out not recalled?

It's simple he lied about the extent of the budget crisis to get reelected...after the election when the truth was known, it practically doubled the problem and getting worse with time by inaction...he is handling it like the energy crisis, doing nothing until it explodes...IMO no politician should be rewarded by being reelected by lying of such a magnitude and a message must be sent to him and others inclined to lie.....


http://www.recallgraydavis.com/News.asp#News35

[NormsRevenge]

There are a multitude of reasons..

A media that was so biased against the Republican candidate that they provided limited to no coverage to his campaign when and where he presented a platform and offered solutions to California's sagging economy and infrastructure.

A media that was so biased that it hid truths about the demRats and Davi$ and the destruction that they were doing to this state with a spending bunge like none before.

The leadership of a state GOP organization that would prefer a RINO candidate than a true conservative candidate and did everything they could do to sabotage the duly elected primary candidate from either receiving funds for campaigning nor their support.

Should I continue?

[NormsRevenge]

bunge=binge :-\

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I see we are making headway!

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[lainie]

Someone forgot his oat bran again today.

I'd like nothing better but I see it as unrealistic. Why don't you stop being so defensive.