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<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) -- Top executives of Global Crossing, the telecommunications company whose collapse has led to the nation's fourth-largest bankruptcy, showered more than $350,000 on California politicians and causes in the last three years, state records show.</p> <p>Of that total, $145,000 went to Gov. Gray Davis in that period. That included a $100,000 contribution by Global Crossing Co-Chairman Gary Winnick to Davis in August 2000.</p>

As a sympathetic arm of the Democratic Party, the liberal media concludes that Dick Riordan is the presumptive winner of the March 5th GOP primary, and Republican voters should just acquiesce and accept it. This is amusing in light of how Riordan was viewed by prominent GOP leaders at the recent party convention in San Jose. Riordan finished last among the three candidates in the traditional straw poll. The media, long accustomed to disparaging conservative policies, downplayed this largely symbolic expression of Riordan’s fragile support. While the GOP struggles with it’s own ambiguous charter, they must be baffled over which ...

&nbsp; Date: February 13, 2002 To: California Congress Members and State Legislators From: Sen. H.L. Richardson (ret.) Founder and Chairman Re: Endorsement of Richard Riordan for Governor Richard Riordan is bad news to the gun community. As a matter of fact, he is worse than even Gray Davis. We know it and you should know it. We are so adamant about this that we will be dropping the Gun Owners of America and Gun Owners of California grade/rating for any elected official or candidate who endorses Riordan regardless of voting records or questionnaire results. We consider support for Riordan ...

In the third and final debate before California's March 5 Republican gubernatorial primary, front-runner Richard Riordan unloaded -- not on his primary opponents -- but on the state's Democratic governor, calling Gray Davis "a disgrace." "Gray Davis ought to be in Salt Lake City because he's going downhill much faster than any of the other skiers," Riordan said in his opening salvo. "Gray, you are a disgrace. You get in your office about 11 a.m. every day. You dial for dollars all day long. You've raised over $1 million a month since you became governor." Riordan called on Davis, whom ...

GOP rivals take aim at Riordan DEBATE: Jones and Simon turn up the heat on the front-runner, who focuses his fire on Gov. Davis. LONG BEACH - Republican gubernatorial front-runner Richard Riordan fought off his opponents' attacks in the last GOP debate Wednesday night and assailed incumbent Democrat Gray Davis at every turn. With the March 5 primary less than three weeks away, Secretary of State Bill Jones, the underdog in funding and polls, went after Riordan and Los Angeles investor Bill Simon. Simon attacked Riordan and Davis. Riordan, the former mayor of Los Angeles, avoided engaging with Jones ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, February 13, 2002 Simon Sticks With the Issues Focus on Issues Makes Simon the Choice for California GOP LOS ANGELES - Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon, in the third and final debate between the three leading candidates for the Republican nomination, emerged as the clear winner, articulating a conservative message of lower taxes, better schools and rebuilding California's crumbling infrastructure. "There is a reason why my campaign has been surging in the polls," Simon said following the debate. "My campaign was the only one tonight talking about the issues: taxes, the budget, schools, roads, power and ...

California Republican Gubernatorial Debate #3 Three Republican candidates for California Governor — California Secretary of State Bill Jones, former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, and businessman William Simon — debate at Cal State University, Long Beach. Tonight at 7:00pm. BAY AREA COVERAGE KQED 88.5FM (NPR) provides coverage and commentary live at 7pm. KRON-TV 4 broadcasts at 10pm and KGO-TV 7 runs it Saturday the 23rd (???) at 5pm. Following the debate, 8pm - 9pm on KQED-FM is "The Commonwealth Club" ... This week's speaker is Bill Jones, California Secretary of State and current republican gubernatorial candidate in California. At 10pm ...

It's provided the plot for many a novel or motion picture. A beautiful woman has to decide among several suitors. Should she plight her troth to someone her family favors – a man of her own social station who will provide the kind of life she knows? It means a church wedding with all the right people in attendance. Or should she run off with a man who doesn't fit the family mold? A fast-talking romancer, maybe, who's fun to be with but leaves a woman wondering about marriage. Picky parents may disown her if she chooses this interloper. Shades ...

To all Freepers in Humboldt County California, Conservatives, and outlying areas, Del Norte County, Trinity County. Bill Simon who is running for Governor of the State of California will be making a stop at Arcata/McKinleyville Airport on Saturday Feb. 16 in the LP Hanger at 1:00pm. Please come out and meet him, and give him your support. It is free and goodies will be provided. If you have any questions please freep mail me.

SUPREME COURT: A ruling by justices may decide California's election, too. By the end of the first week of March, former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan may join Al Gore in a club whose membership numbers two: Losing Political Candidates Whose Fate was Sealed by the United States Supreme Court. This is not to suggest that California's March 5 primary will be followed by a prolonged post-election battle over hanging chad. No, the court's hand in the California primary is far more subtle than its ruling in Bush vs. Gore. The decision that could haunt Riordan is California Democratic Party ...

Riordan for Governor — R.I.P. Davis and the Duke join Riordan’s own determined effort to deprive the former L.A. mayor of the GOP base vote. William E. Saracino William E. Saracino is a member of California Political Review’s editorial board. It became obvious last week that Dick Riordan will not be elected governor. Whether in March or November, recent events indicate clearly that Riordan is destined for the loser’s column. Gray Davis’s line of attack, pointing up Riordan’s frequent and bizarre departures from mainstream Republican values, coupled with former Governor George Deukmejian’s extraordinary announcement that he could not vote for ...

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Republican Party asks GOP candidate Riordan's wife to stop supporting Democrats Republican Party asks GOP candidate Riordan's wife to stop supporting Democrats Wed Feb 13,11:23 AM ET By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES - The head of the California Republican party said he made a "gentle appeal" last month to Republican gubernatorial candidate Richard Riordan's family to stop supporting Democrats, including Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. Riordan's wife, Nancy Daly Riordan, is a Democrat who has supported a number of fellow Democrats around the country. Among the most prominent is Townsend, the daughter of the late Sen. ...

Jones Takes Aim at Riordan's Wife Politics: He criticizes Nancy Daly Riordan's donations to a Maryland Democrat. Ex-mayor's campaign officials say gifts have stopped. Secretary of State Bill Jones stepped up his attacks on the front-runner for the GOP gubernatorial nomination Tuesday, releasing a letter in which the chairman of the Maryland Republican Party complains that the wife of former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan has raised money for the Democrat running for governor in Maryland. Campaign records show that Nancy Daly Riordan has contributed $3,000 since 2000 to Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, including $2,000 in October, when Riordan was assembling ...

TownHall.com: Conservative Columnists: Debra SaundersQUICK LINKS: HOME | NEWS | OPINION | RIGHTPAGES | CHAT | WHAT'S NEWtownhall.comDebra Saunders (back to story)February 13, 2002Bill Jones: the un-DavisThink of all the things you don't like about Gov. Gray Davis, and you'll find the opposite qualities in his GOP challenger, Secretary of State Bill Jones. Do you think that Davis has spent too much time raising $1 million a month to ensure his re-election? No one could ever accuse Jones of spending too much time raising money. After eight years as secretary of state -- he has been the only statewide ...

<p>LOS ANGELES - Richard Riordan, the front-runner for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, has issued a challenge to fellow California Republicans: Embrace moderate stances such as support for abortion rights or risk becoming ``an extinct species.''</p> <p>His opponents, businessman Bill Simon and Secretary of State Bill Jones, the GOP's only statewide officeholder, believe Republicans can win without distancing themselves from their bedrock principles.</p>

Bill Simon is a low-key kind of guy, and every event he speaks at it shows. Onstage, he sometimes seems embarrassed when he has a crowd of cheering supporters. He smiles broadly, and then seems to think that being too happy about it wouldn’t be proper and straightens up. This is a direct contrast to everyone else in the race. Riordan sort of smirks at the Republicans he knows he’s taking for a ride, Jones seems perpetually angry, and Davis is a human corpse. It’s exactly this character that drew me, like so many supporters, to Bill. We were looking ...

Excerpts from the article ... click on the link above for entire article. ----CUT----- In a world dominated by cocksure, battle-tested politicians, Bill Simon is an eager, earnest work in progress, openly delighting in every stage of his maiden campaign. He listens to old Ronald Reagan radio addresses in his car, works the cell phone while on the treadmill, huddles with a "brain trust" he assembled for policy advice, studies tapes of past gubernatorial debates--and tries to learn Spanish on the side. If the wealthy Los Angeles investor loses to a Republican rival March 5, it won't be for lack ...

DAVID S. BRODER THE WASHINGTON POST Riordan is getting hit from all sides February 12, 2002 SAN JOSE The pummeling of former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, who is the front-runner in the March 5 Republican gubernatorial primary and is leading Democratic Gov. Gray Davis in the polls, began an hour before he stepped on stage to face his two opponents in Saturday's Republican state convention debate here. Former Gov. George Deukmejian, supporting another contender, Secretary of State Bill Jones, told a news conference that if Riordan becomes the GOP nominee, "I would not vote for him. I have no ...

<p>THINK OF ALL the things you don't like about Gov. Gray Davis, and you'll find the opposite qualities in his GOP challenger, Secretary of State Bill Jones.</p> <p>Do you think that Davis has spent too much time raising $1 million a month to ensure his re-election?</p>