Posted on 09/22/2002 10:58:44 AM PDT by John Jorsett
OAKLAND -- One day after canceling a controversial fund-raiser, an angry Gov. Gray Davis defended the way his campaign solicits donations and said that he does not support events that raise money by targeting specific industries.
The Democratic governor said that was why his campaign had called off a Friday night fund-raiser at the home of Rod Diridon, a Davis appointee who heads the California High Speed Rail Authority, after newspapers reported that Diridon had invited builders and other advocates of a high-speed bullet train.
Davis, who signed a bill Thursday asking voters to approve a $9.9-billion bond to construct the bullet train, said he had not been aware that the fund-raiser at Diridon's Santa Clara home was for people who could financially benefit from the costly public works project.
"We don't have a problem with a general event to which everybody is invited," Davis told reporters Saturday during a swing through Oakland, where he attended a rally with union supporters and signed several bills to protect consumers from predatory lending.
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Yup. U-huh. Yup.
Uh, huh. Sure. If Davis thought a fundraising party at the private home of his own appointee was "a general event to which everybody is invited" before he saw news of the guest list in newspapers, then why doesn't he release his fundraising schedule? Then we can all attend.
The title is slightly more descriptive than usual: Angry Davis Defends Fund-Raising
It reminds me of several articles six months ago, when Davis nearly lost his temper when the Union Tribune editors interviewed him about the power crisis.
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