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Peevey, supposed to be neutral, pushed secretly for Pio Pico
As of last Friday, the Dems no longer have a supermajority in the Senate. When Michael Rubio resigned, that left the Dems with only 26 seats, one shy. They do hold a 55/25 advantage in the Assembly. Unless Brown could get at least 2 Repugs to roll over, remember Peevey's wife is a Dem in the Senate, AND get every Dem vote, he wouldn't get it done because it takes a 2/3 vote in BOTH chambers. The Dems are likely to gain back one seat relatively soon in one of the special elections to fill the 3 seats they have lost due to resignations. That would give them the supermajority again, but Brown needs 2 more seats, at least, to get rid of Peevey. The CPUC was already under a pretty big spotlight because of San Bruno and Brown did nothing. If Brown took no action then, he won't take it now. Plus, right, wrong or indifferent, absolutely no politician is going to march headlong into that kind of fight unless he knows absolutely, without question that he has the votes. Brown doesn't, he knows it, so I don't think he will touch it.— March 1, 2013 8:40 a.m.
Peevey, supposed to be neutral, pushed secretly for Pio Pico
Yes, Davis first appointed him to a commissioners post and then later that year as President. He succeeded Loretta Lynch as President who was President during the energy crisis. I remember 2 things about her. First is that she was strongly against deregulation. The other is that she referred to the energy companies as a cartel at one point and that in her opinion, the price of power went thru the roof because those companies withheld power, partly by taking some plants offline. There is no doubt in the minds of many people as to why Davis replaced her as President of the CPUC with Peevey in 2002. I had forgotten about that until just now, which obviously means that a Governor indeed can remove someone as president of the CPUC, just not remove them from the commission entirely.— February 28, 2013 5:51 p.m.
$2.1 million police vehicle purchase approved
In 2009, Carbon said the E7 was to go into production in mid 2012. The last I read, a couple of months ago, was that production is now scheduled to be after the TX7 production run and that doesn't happen until sometime in late 2013. It seems many pd's are trending away from sedans in favor of an suv type platform. Perhaps they should look int the TXZ. With it's base price of around $150k, SDPD could snag about 8 of them. Or they could go the E7 route and in another 24-30 months get about 30 of those.— February 28, 2013 5:27 p.m.
Weiland booted from Stone Temple Pilots (again)
I heard an interview with Slash a couple of months ago in which he said that he was told that Weiland had been booted from STP back then. Guess your point of view depends on who owns the name.— February 28, 2013 1:52 p.m.
Peevey, supposed to be neutral, pushed secretly for Pio Pico
Brown didn't reappoint Peavey. He was reappointed in December 2008 by Schwarzenegger and was confirmed by the California Senate for a new six-year term in December of 2009, obviously before Brown was in office. It takes a 2/3 majority in BOTH houses to oust a commissioner. Could he get that in both houses right now? I don't know. I believe in the Senate, with all of the vacancies, Dems would be about 1 vote short, not counting the fact that I'm sure Peevey's wife would not vote for his ouster. In the Assembly, I think it's right about a 2/3 majority. But that said, I think it's a mute point because Brown will do as he has done in the past, which is nothing.— February 28, 2013 1:31 p.m.
Peevey, supposed to be neutral, pushed secretly for Pio Pico
Can the Governor indeed replace him? I don't know as the Constitution doesn't appear to address the issue either in Article 12 or Article 5. In any event, if such an ability exists, do you really expect him to? Only a year and a half ago, the NTSB ripped the CPUC a a new ass - hole over the San Bruno Explosion. The calls for Peevey's resignation or removal were much louder then than now. Couple that with Peevey's wife being a member of the State Senate, well you probably get the idea of how much I think there is a chance that Brown will do anything, IF he can, which I am not at all sure he can.— February 28, 2013 1:17 p.m.
SPECTRE fails in effort to purchase San Onofre for new headquarters
Yes they do!!!! My sources do tell me though, that the bidding was fierce between KAOS and THRUSH.— February 28, 2013 12:46 p.m.
Carpool with my wife on La Jolla Village Drive
Road trips with my wife? Not a problem. We've been taking them for 40+ yrs. We've even done family road trips. But carpooling together? Never gonna happen. Not in this lifetime, anyway!!!! LOL. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/2…— February 28, 2013 11:32 a.m.
SPECTRE fails in effort to purchase San Onofre for new headquarters
According to what I recently read, SC Times, possible, San Onofre will soon be the domain of one Conrad Siegfried.— February 28, 2013 11:26 a.m.
Peevey, supposed to be neutral, pushed secretly for Pio Pico
" I don't know why Gov. Brown does not remove him." Don Bauder, I would imagine that one of the reasons that Governor Brown doesn't "remove" Peevey is that the Governor does not have the authority to remove any member of the CPUC, be it the President or a commissioner.— February 28, 2013 8:37 a.m.