Posted on 06/01/2002 12:18:00 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Meanwhile, the Davis administration's efforts to renegotiate the contracts continue, with an unfortunately familiar flavor of conflict of interest. The most important lobbyist for the state's backdoor bailout of Calpine, the San Jose power company, is actually a top state official -- Jeremiah Hallisey, a high-powered San Francisco lawyer (Standard Oil et al.) and longtime associate of Davis' from the Jerry Brown days, who now serves on the state Transportation Commission.
The two chief negotiators for the state are former L.A. Assemblyman Richard Katz, who had virtually no involvement with energy issues until last year and knows that the governor referred to the company as a "white-hat power generator," and Michael Kahn, another San Francisco lawyer, who represented the polluters in the infamous Stringfellow toxic-waste-dumping case.
Calpine is in danger of bankruptcy after the latest downgrade in its junk-bond-class credit rating and the canceling or delay of billions in power-turbine purchases.
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Simon can run a stealth campaign to defeat "Big Mouth Davis", and RINO reporters can "eat rocks."
3)Requires ARB to develop and adopt, no later than January 1, 2005, regulations that achieve the maximum feasible and vehicles. cost-effective reduction of greenhouse gases emitted by motor
4)Prohibits ARB regulations from going into effect before January 1, 2006, and provides that they may apply only to model-year 2009 or later motor vehicles.
By that time, there won't be a car engine designed in the US-- Here comes the WTO, because our laws are hurting foreign business investments, here.
I would put all the campaign money in 10 second spots and billboards with just one message.
That just might do it.
You may have stumbled on the holy grail! Could this be why Calpine has been given preferential treatment all these months?
Nice catch, snoper, and certainly completes a big piece of the puzzle that's stumped most of us for at least a year. Calpine had a cheerleader who had an inside track. But I still think there was money involved somewhere along the line. Davis doesn't do anything for anybody unless he gets money for it.
Who might know?
Let's try Doug and Sabertooth & RonDog &.......
The Davis Divide: Groups of color consider giving up on the governor (Gray Davis)
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