Message-ID: <13939699.1075851973865.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 09:10:00 -0700 (PDT) From: gfoster@antigenics.com To: mark.palmer@enron.com, rshapiro@enron.com Subject: FW: Gray Davis' New Radio Ads Continue Campaign of Lies and Half- Truths Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: "Foster, Gary" X-To: "Mark & Cozy Palmer (E-mail)" , "Rick and Amy Shapiro (E-mail)" X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Richard_Shapiro_Nov2001\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: SHAPIRO-R X-FileName: rshapiro.nsf more fuel for your Davis fire... -----Original Message----- From: The RMR INSIDER [mailto:rmrinsider@rmrwest.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 2:11 PM To: rmrinsider@rmrwest.com Subject: Gray Davis' New Radio Ads Continue Campaign of Lies and Half-Truths THE INSIDER: Political Information Network THE AUTHORITATIVE GUIDE FOR SACRAMENTO INSIDERS AND POLITICAL LEADERS M E M O R A N D U M TO: Sacramento Political Insiders & Interested Parties FROM: Russo Marsh + Rogers, Inc. RE: Gray Davis Radio Ads & The Whole Truth about New Power Plants DATE: July 9, 2001 GRAY DAVIS' NEW RADIO ADS CONTINUE CAMPAIGN OF LIES AND HALF-TRUTHS DAVIS CLAIMS CREDIT FOR POWER PLANTS LAUNCHED BEFORE HE EVEN TOOK OFFICE The launching of statewide radio ads by the Gray Davis campaign, a full 16 months ahead of Election Day, should not come to anyone's surprise. Nor should anyone be surprised that the new radio ads are full of the typical Davis lies and half-truths. Davis has made raising money for his re-election campaign the #1 goal of his administration, and obviously that money will be spent to twist Davis' failed record for those who don't know better. The real news in these ads is the brazen half-truths that permeate these so-called "energy updates." The ads are billed as almost public service announcements, but in a real public service, we here at Russo Marsh + Rogers have to set the record straight with the entire story: "Of the 16 new power plants Gray Davis seems to be claiming credit for almost personally developing and constructing, he actually deserves credit for none!" Here are the facts: Of the 16 plants Davis takes credit for, every single one was first planned for construction and siting before Davis even became governor. Ten actually began the licensing process or applied for state certification before Davis' term in office began. And the final 6 plants? Building a power plant is a major undertaking. Feasibility studies by the plant builder begin months before the first piece of paper arrives at the Energy Commission. If you assume that the builder of a plant first started internal studies only twelve months before their first license application, then guess what? They were started under the previous administration too! Furthermore, Gray Davis did not appoint his third member of the 5-member California Energy Commission until February 2001! And even that third appointee was a reappointment of Bill Keese, who was originally appointed by you guessed it, Pete Wilson, "father of deregulation and all things evil in California." The truth is that while Gray Davis is boasting of personally licensing these 16 new plants - the heavy load was carried by the previous administration. Davis is desperately trying to spin his way out of an energy disaster created when he fiddled away precious time last year, denied utilities the right to long-term contracting and falsely insisted he was on top of the energy "challenge." The Gray Davis spin machine now takes on a new phase with his $30 million campaign war chest to rewrite history. It's no news at all that his desperate first campaign ads are filled with the same half-truths he's been repeating since day one. Fortunately, the RM+R Insider will be here for you, every time, to serve as the "Truth Squad" against Gray's distortions. # # # ------------------------------------ Russo Marsh + Rogers, Inc. 770 L Street, Suite 950 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 441-3734