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Perhaps the worst incident was Davis's attack four years ago on a woman we'll call K., his loyal executive secretary in Los Angeles who acted as chief apologist for his violent "incidents."
K. refuses to discuss the assault on her with the media but has relayed much of the story to me through a series of interviews with a close friend. On the day in question, state Controller Davis was in a purple rage because an employee had rearranged framed bond-sale notices on his office walls. When K. entered his office, he shouted, "f***ing pictures!" and violently shoved her out of his way, according to employees who were present. K. ran out, broke down in sobs, and was briefly hospitalized at Cedars Sinai for a severe, stress-related dermatologic reaction.
According to one close friend, though K. suffered an emotional breakdown, she refused to sue Davis, despite the advice of several friends, after a prominent L.A. attorney told her Davis could ruin her. According to one state official, K., protected by civil service, was allowed to continue working under Davis from her home for three months "because she refused to work in Davis's presence." (Checchi's campaign needs a copy of the tape recording Davis left on K.'s home telephone, in which he offers no apology but requests that she return to work, saying, "You know how I am.")

Well, we do now, Gray.

Yep, that's the story I remember...thanks for the link.

When K. entered his office, he shouted, "f***ing pictures!" and violently shoved her out of his way, according to employees who were present. K. ran out, broke down in sobs, and was briefly hospitalized at Cedars Sinai for a severe, stress-related dermatologic reaction. According to one close friend, though K. suffered an emotional breakdown

I despise Gray Davis, but this story is absurd. The woman suffered a traumatic emotional breakdown just because a man cursed and pushed past her? Give me a break! If true, this woman does not belong in any workplace, let alone the offices of a politician. I am not excusing Davis' bad behavior; if true, then he is an discourteous boor. But this certainly wouldn't merit any criminal or civil charges, nor would it merit the extreme reaction by the woman as described.

Just what kind of society are we creating when people are traumatized and hospitalized from hearing "ugly" words or subjected to a "shove"? Hell, one must wonder how this woman made it to work each day: she was likely to encounter "traumatizing events" of greater magnitude on any subway or a sidewalk.

I'm sick of political correctness. I'm sick of the effeminizing of our boys and our men. I'm sick of our overly-sensitive society. If we, as a nation, don't grow up and develop thicker skins, we will be speaking Arabic and bowing to Mecca within a decade.