Recall? Recall What?
We Yanked Gray Davis a Decade Ago. California Would Be Better Off If We Didn’t Forget It.
Do you even recall the recall?
Ten years ago this week, it was big news. California’s voters approved the yanking of Governor Gray Davis by big majorities. We made history. No statewide elected official had ever been recalled in California before, and none has since. Indeed, Davis was only the second governor in U.S. history ever to be recalled.
The recall was sexy. In one poll, 99 percent of state residents said they were following news of it. The recall made headlines across the country and around the world. It wasn’t just …
