Posted on 05/05/2002 11:12:54 AM PDT by John Jorsett
Edited on 04/12/2004 5:35:37 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
A California state senator plowing through boxes of subpoenaed Enron Corp. documents has finally unearthed a smoking gun, the first tangible proof that energy traders tried to manipulate the price of electricity amid short supplies last summer.
One problem: The evidence doesn't implicate Enron so much as the managers of California's electricity grid, whose Folsom-based trader was caught red-handed trying to game the market. In a bizarre twist, it turns out that the state-created Independent System Operator, or ISO, was the one rigging the price of power, not the evil private generators who everyone suspected.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
Yup. So is delivering the goods in return for a donation.
The poll should be taken after Oraclegate starts to make an impression. Then, hopefully, the poll will look really good.
Mr. Simon needs to get his message out, too, so the voters will know why they should vote for him. Right now, even with a Davis scandal, it's not clear if most people feel strongly for Simon or just against Davis.
Anybody you know?
And I wonder if they might have a comment, now that the ISO's market manipulation has come to light...
First, the editorial demanding a federal investigation of "Oraclegate". Now, this report of a ludicrous attempt by the governor's own ISO to engage in price-rigging for its own account.
They seem to have given up on Governor Doofus, even though he's one of their own, haven't they?
We'll know he's doomed when the LA Slimes calls for his defeat...
Gaspar says there may be a bombshell in the SF Chronicle tomorrow.
They have almost been the preferred outlet for the Davis Propanganda machine.
So we will see what they publish tomorrow!.
But the Simon Campaign seems to be getting after it!
"I am not a crook."
I posted one of their pieces recently where the Slimes was given Davis Advise -- to dismiss some people, which he seems to be doing.
So I think they are concerned that he is in deep poo!
I think that is a good sign!
Well, I'm pissed.
That's the $64,000.00 Question. Unfortunately, it's too close to the marrow to be answered.
It will never happen. The time for the Slimes and the other liberal CA newspapers (are there any that aren't?) to have dumped Davis was last summer when he totally botched the energy situation. If they'd done it then and backed another Democrat in the primary, that might have worked.
But no, they stuck with Davis just like the NY Slimes and the Wash. Compost stuck with Clinton, despite the stench.
When the election nears, we'll get the editorials about how mistakes have been made in the past, but hopefully Davis has learned from them and he's the best hope for CA's future, or some such drecht.
They'll NEVER, EVER back Simon--not in a million years. Not even if Davis were being hauled away in a paddy wagon.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.