I don't know if I would do this if I had to start over again. Gray Davis More Quotes by Gray Davis More Quotes From Gray Davis A family is a family not because of gender but because of values, like commitment, trust and love. Gray Davis and-love cute commitment 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. Gray Davis california america years There are so many scenarios here. We tried to prepare for the worst summer in 40 years and build assumptions based on that. We're preparing for the worst, but we're hoping for the best. And I've told people the end is in sight. Gray Davis sight summer years 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. Gray Davis division california calling I have not been briefed. Gray Davis 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. Gray Davis california government people Well, there's no question that the law passed in 1996 was flawed. It deregulated the wholesale market, meaning the price that the utilities had to pay energy companies for power, but not the retail market. Gray Davis energy law pay There is only one governor, and his name is Gray Davis. Gray Davis governors gray names My vision is to make the most diverse state on earth, and we have people from every planet on the earth in this state. We have the sons and daughters of every, of people from every planet, of every country on earth. Gray Davis daughter country son 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. Gray Davis california flaws firsts Why? Because we're very well down this process as it is - flawed as it is - and we're counting on getting more power plants on line by the end of 2003 so we have a surplus of power. Gray Davis flaws lines plant We're going to march on Washington with a host of Republicans, Democrats, business leaders, legislators. Gray Davis march-on-washington host leader One thing that has become clear over the last several days is that we no longer have 135 choices to make. It's really one choice likely to emerge from question number two, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and that leaves the voters with a clear choice. They can retain Gray Davis as governor, or they can elect Arnold Schwarzenegger and his crew from Pete Wilson to run the governor's office. Gray Davis running numbers two We'll have a public power authority, which will also have the ability to build power or finance power. And more importantly, we'll have more power than our economy provides. All of that will give us leverage we don't have today. Gray Davis will finance power today We started focusing on this in earnest late summer and early fall. I can build more power plants. In the 12 years before us, not a single plant of major consequence was built. Gray Davis plants plant power fall I don't know why they're doing it. I have to assume that their motives are positive, not negative. But they don't understand the severity of the problem in this state. Gray Davis understand problem positive negative They're the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and they will not do that. They will not pull the trigger. Gray Davis trigger pull will energy As the governor of this state, I obviously see the issue quite differently. Gray Davis differently governor quite see Duke came to us. They volunteered to come to us and made a number of suggestions to some people on my staff. I don't know how I would characterize them, but there have been some discussions going back and forth between Duke and members of my staff. Gray Davis some-people back know people I know that Duke made a number of demands, including that the attorney general drop its investigation. We have no intention of asking the attorney general to do that. Gray Davis know investigation intention asking
