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To give the devil his due, I have no idea what Gray's sexual preferences are. I have no idea whether he even has any...other than himself, of course. I do remember the first time I heard of him. Back when Jerry Brown was governor, Gray was his chief of staff, California was suffering the Mediterranean fruit fly infestation, my dad brought a joke Xerox home from work. It was supposed to be a mock AP story about...well, let me just post it and you'll see:

MEDFLY CRISIS: GOVERNOR FORMS FRUIT POLICE

SACRAMENTO (AP) To combat the rapidly spreading Medfly infestation, Governor Jerry Brown has established a new corps of law enforcement officers known as Fruit Police. The governor, a renowned expert on California fruits, will take personal command of the Fruit Police.

The Fruit Police will go door to door and strip fruits in the Santa Clara Valley. They will set up roadblocks on highways leading out of the quarantined area, stopping all suspected fruit-carrying vehicles, ordering the fruits removed, and throwing them into the bushes to be dealt with appropriately.

The new officials will be clad in pink berets, lavender jumpsuits, and chartreuse scarves, so they can be readily distinguished by motorists. Fruit Police will be issued State of California flyswatters, carrying a photograph of Governor Brown on one side and Cesar Chavez on the other.

According to a source very close to the governor, flight-trained Fruit Police will pilot helicopters that will drop massive quantities of Brown for U.S. Senate leaflets over the infested precincts--I mean areas--and our laboratory studies indicate that large doses of the literature make the Medfly nauseous and cause him to lose interest in mating. The source refused to confirm, however, reports that the material has the same effect on humans.

To assist the Fruit Police there will be several volunteer auxiliary organizations, including the Womens' Motorcycle Patrol (Dykes on Bikes), the Swish Brigade, and Faggots Against Maggots.

Governor Brown insisted that his vigorous attack on the Medfly was consistent with his previous policies. "My administration has always given top priority to all fruits, nuts and flakes," said Brown.

The new Fruit Police commissioner, Gray Davis, was asked whether the program was designed to help Governor Brown politically. Davis' only reply was noncommittal, saying, "Our sole motivation is to protect California's number one fruit."