The California Assembly is the most corrupt and degenerate political institution in the country and Willie ruled it with an iron fist for close to 20 years and made it what was and is.
Willie gives nothing without getting something in return. And he makes sure you know it.
It's just the way he is.
It's also the way the Kamala Harris is - she learned the feet of the master - Willy Brown .
That is why I called him Greasy Willy. (As opposed to Slick Willie).