Gray Davis California Quotations

I'm doing my part, building plants at a record rate, having historic conservation levels. The only people not doing their part is the federal government that is siding with the energy companies against the interests of the people of California.

So it was flawed in that it didn't require California to have a first claim on the power plants. It deregulated part of the market, but not all of the market.

There's no question that California, in the last three or four years, has been privileged to add disproportionately to the economic growth of America, and to contribute to its technological productivity.

singles out companies that are conducting transactions electronically and attempts to impose tax-collection obligations on them to which, according to California courts, they are not subject.

My friends, this was a massive effort ranging over 180 miles in six counties, probably the worst fires in California history,

I expect these bids on long-term energy contracts should stabilize the market and drive the price of electricity down. This is a key step in our efforts to keep the lights on in California at a reasonable price.

We can buy it in the five to the five and a half cent range, ... That will stabilize the energy market, allow utilities to have some breathing room to pay off their creditors, and we will do all of this without raising rates to California customers.

This year, he's on the right track, and he's trying to chart a course for California proposing investments that will control traffic, reduce pollution and build more schools. That's good, basic stuff.

These are serious questions, which, if true, raise doubts about his ability to govern this state. You need to think about whether this is a risk California should take,

This is an unspeakably barbarous act. These investigators were working hard, doing their jobs, protecting California consumers. I am sure that law enforcement will do everything in its power to bring those responsible to justice.

This is a terrible situation. They are the worst fires in California in 10 years,

They're very well thought of in California ... and I think they can bring independent validation to some of the good work that we've done.

California drove the economic boom of the last eight years, and it could drive it down just as easily,

The great thing about California is, in every natural disaster we all work together ... we're all pulling in the same direction, trying to get people through the day,

a huge miscalculation. They did not anticipate the recovery that California experienced and the particular needs of the tech-based economy here in California. Secondly, there was no effort to build more (power) plants to meet that demand.

I am calling on everyone in this state to put the chaos and the division of the recall behind us and do what's right for this great state of California.