Davis and Nixon, two great tastes that taste great together. Or not.
[I gotta love it… Davis standing up for Prop. 13 and the fucking destruction and distortion it has wrought on the public sector and economic development. That’s sure progressive. That’s sure going to help develop a consensus around reform of the state’s system of taxation. Another reason to vote that bleep out of office. -Thomas]
Poll Finds Governor’s Support Still Eroding
By DEAN E. MURPHY
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15 — A new statewide opinion poll shows that Gov. Gray Davis of California continues to lose support in his effort to keep his job, while Lt. Gov. Cruz M. Bustamante and Arnold Schwarzenegger, the actor, are at the top of the list of possible successors.
Mr. Davis, who faces a recall election on Oct. 7, has become so unpopular among registered voters that the pollsters, Field Research, likened his standing to that of President Richard M. Nixon before he resigned in August 1974.
“We’ve been doing polling for 56 years, and the current rating of the governor, 70 percent disapproval, is equivalent to the lowest job rating we have ever measured for an elected official,” said Mark DiCamillo, director of the Field (California) Poll.
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“The people spoke,” Mr. Davis said, “and all of us who have held office since then have honored the will of the electorate. Lord knows, we have some things that cost a lot of money in this state. But property taxes are not one of them, and no one is about to change that.”