"Deal with the Devil"

By Brooke Adams

Gray Davis has mortgaged our future with ruinous spending programs and unnecessary legislation in exchange for millions of dollars in campaign contributions.

The best thing I can say for the older generation, currently controlling the destiny of California, is that they have failed to recognize that the road to ruin is paved with good intentions. What's even more troubling is that these older politicians, whether Democrat or Republican, are more concerned with their own political careers and re-election prospects than the health and welfare of our state, it's people and, of course, our generation that will inherit the problems facing California.

It is sad that I have to even suggest the future of California plays second fiddle to a Governor willing to exchange his support on legislation for millions of dollars in campaign contributions. Witness, of course, his willingness now to sign bills, any bills, that might keep him in office, regardless of the financial fallout. Davis is making a deal with devil just to hang onto his job.

I have seen the victims of his ruinous spending policies all across California, including those of us who will be left to pick up the pieces when we graduate from college, or have begun our families or established our careers. By then, I fear the damage may be irreversible. And that is why I am running in this historic race for Governor.