. While many people remember that rolling blackouts soured voters on Davis, the state’s rickety finances may have been the final straw. Staring down a record budget deficit, the Democrat cut spending and then made the politically perilous decision to enact a California vehicle tax hike — essentially the opposite of what Newsom is proposing by giving cash back to residents.
“It’s going to look like a stunt,” Gilliard said, and “I don’t think they’re going to give [Newsom] a whole lot of credit for it.” “He was forced to slash a lot of programs in the Legislature, so he was making enemies on the left and enemies on the right,” Maviglio said. “When you have an angry left and a Democratic governor, that’s not a good equation.”
The Democratic governor is also in better position because polls continue to show that more voters oppose the recall than want to remove Newsom. That was not the case for Davis in 2003 months before the recall election“With Gray, it went on for two years, and the cause was just seen as Sacramento and Washington dysfunction. It was just more diffuse,” Kennedy said, adding that the car fee increase carried similar symbolic weight to Newsom’s stimulus checks. “It became the standard-bearer issue.
He should fix the electricity grid first. Stop fires caused by outdated electrical equipment
takhar_ He is using the new math where money comes from imagination
Seems like even can see right through this. Why wouldn’t he spend on helping clean up the states third world homeless issues & mental health assistance?
Maybe it’s to stimulate the economy in California? That’s why. Either way we have stupid conservatives losing it over “free money “ when they don’t for rich and defense contractors.
This guy needs to go using government money/ hardworking people taxes to boost his own self.
And? I see Politico is still doing Trump's work.
I’m an Alaskan, and there are two things I know for sure about this tactic. 1) Our Governors wield this shit ALL THE TIME and 2) sadly, it works.
Why not? The GQP loves gifting money to billionaires! It's time to help the 99%.
I can help. First, I don’t really know what an electron flow in a conduit is worth in money. Better?
Sounds like a winning strategy 🏆
Good use of money
Nice. No recall then. Smart move. California is really going to fall for this scam?
Cue up Alanis morissette, ' isn't in ironic'
What do you want Newsom to do with the money ? Trump would have kept all the money for himself and his shady friends .
Funny, the headline yesterday was he was being forced to Hilarious that in January, it was not controversial