LETTERS
Letters to the Editor
Gray Davis
It took me two weeks just to stop laughing long enough to respond to the letter backing Gray Davis by Lon S. Hatamiya, secretary of the California Technology, Trade & Commerce Agency.
I am so glad to hear Hatamiya has witnessed some leadership in Davis since the Sept. 11 attacks, because it passed over the rest of our heads faster than an F-18.
I wonder if the governor understood our economy was suffering prior to that event. To hear about the foresight shown by Davis to bring together the state’s most powerful business leaders makes me wonder what had happened to that foresight before the blackouts. Was he bringing them together to get ideas or raise campaign funds? I wonder if any of the alleged leaders told him that the price of electricity was the reason for the manufacturing sector being hit so hard way before the September tragedy.
The secretary’s comment about the “quick actions” of Davis being the reason for the past growth of the California economy made me wonder if “The Tonight Show” comedy writers were involved in drafting his letter. The part about issuing a billion dollars in bonds to help build infrastructure is just hilarious. I mean, we had $10 billion in surplus that Davis blew into the wind, and now he’s putting us in debt to do what he should have done prior to this.
The part about the governor’s direction to the Commerce Agency to improve the lives of Californians through technology innovations is just too precious. He must have forgotten that our schools have dropped to dead last in math and science in America. We are worse than Arkansas! How about the nursing shortage, healthcare crisis, aging infrastructure and electricity bills double what they had been the prior year? All that, and we have one of the highest tax rates in the country.
I am surprised the secretary forgot to give Davis credit for our climate.
Barbara H. Johnson, Santa Ana
(Johnson is the wife of gubernatorial candidate Richard Riordan’s campaign finance director, Mark Chapin Johnson.)
Deep Thought:
Enjoyed your excellent Feb.4 Comment on Enron-Global Crossing.
Yes, dear EE Rick, the media is 90% liberal biassed.
Michael A. Glueck
Physician and pundit
Newport Beach
