You told him he was wrong.
In fact, he was right. The Democrats controlled the state senate, and although the bill was introduced in the Assembly by a Republican, the final bill was written by Steve Peace, a Democrat.
In reality, the deregulation bill was a true bi-partisan effort, passed unanimously in both houses and signed by the Governor.
You selectively report facts in order to convey a far different impression, and you've been doing it for a long time.
What kind of "a far different impression" can one "convey " when "selectively reporting facts"?...Especially when I provide a link to the fact where nothing is taken out of context.
It would be reassuring if you, cheerleader for the party, would do the same. You still have yet to post any links with or without quotes that can dispute any "selective fact" I've posted.
the final bill was written by Steve Peace, a Democrat. ...Prove it.
I have proven countless times you're wrong....Prove otherwise.
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Cover Story A rogues gallery By Bill Bradley
DANIEL FESSLER After first trying to lead a revival of nuclear power in California, Fessler settled down to the task of crafting electric power deregulation. An Anglophile who enjoyed affecting a mock British accent, Fessler looked to the electric power deregulation of Britain, sparked by global conservative icon Margaret Thatcher, for inspiration, bringing back many ideas from a trip he and other regulators took there with top utility executives. After originating the deregulation scheme and seeing it through several versions into its final 1996 legislative enactment, Fessler became a high-priced partner of a global law firm that worked on the issue in Britain. He refuses to respond to repeated phone calls and e-mails on the power crisis.
JIM BRULTE Talk about a profile in chutzpah! The Senate Republican leader says he sees a great political opportunity in a crisis largely of his own making. Brulte is the actual author of AB 1890, the final version of Californias disastrous deregulation scheme (which the august Times failed to mention). Considering his central role in the debacle as an assemblyman in 1996, Brulte has gotten a remarkably free ride from most of the media, in part because he is an important inside source on Republican and legislative politics for the press corps. Yet, notwithstanding that amazing quote above, there are limits to the Rancho Cucamonga Republicans chutzpah. Though he is a key California ally of President George W. Bush (one who would dearly love to be governor one day), Brulte has scaled back his ambitions with the advent of the power crisis. Rather than seek statewide office next year, as he had planned, Brulte will run instead for a seat on the obscure but powerful tax policymaking body called the Board of Equalization, in a district that includes Sacramento.
JOHN BRYSON But the green Jedi Bryson turned, if you will, to the dark side. With his legal counsel a principal drafter of the deregulation bill, AB 1890, Bryson pushed for a multibillion-dollar bailout for the utilities expensive nuclear plants and turned the once staid utility into a high-flying operation investing in fossil fuel plants around the world.
If Brulte is a study in chutzpah, this bright Democratic state senator from San Diego--whose official bio cites an award from the California Journal as one of the two purportedly smartest legislators--is a study in hubris. Happy in the aftermath of deregulations enactment to be called its architect, Peace, heretofore best known as the producer of the classic schlock movie Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, was actually merely the chief mediator and broker for disputes and deals around a template devised by others in his role as chairman of the Assembly/Senate conference committee working out differences on AB 1890. As chairman of the energy committee in a Senate controlled by Democrats, he was needed by Wilson, Assembly Republicans and the big lobbyists to grease the bipartisan skids, conducting mind-numbing, marathon meetings which few could follow. Peace doesnt take credit any longer. Indeed, he has produced a video explaining why he is not the architect of deregulation. Like Brulte, he has dropped plans to run for statewide office next year.
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I have yet to find where Brulte denies being the author.