Jerry Brown: The Ghost of Fiascoes Past

If you liked Gray Davis, you'll love his old boss!

Thomas Sowell reminds us of the Ghost of Fiascoes Past that was Jerry Brown:

At one time, Gov. Jerry Brown was riding high in the Democratic party, and was considered a rising prospect for that party’s nomination for president of the United States. Then something happened that told us all what kind of man he was. There was an infestation of Mediterranean fruit flies out in California’s agricultural heartland in the interior valleys. Despite being urged to allow spraying of insecticide out in the valleys, to nip the infestation in the bud, Governor Brown pandered to the environmental extremists and refused. The net result was that the “Med flies,” as they were called, spread from the valleys out into cities and towns as far west as the San Francisco Bay area. Faced with a major political disaster, Jerry Brown finally authorized spraying — over a vastly larger area than would have been necessary when he was first asked. That fiasco spared us a Jerry Brown administration in Washington.

Sowell also touches upon Brown's appointment of Chief Justice Rose Bird to the CA Supreme Court:

Bird overruled 64 consecutive death-penalty verdicts and upheld none. Apparently no judge or jury could ever give a murderer a trial perfect enough to suit Rose Bird.

When Bird came up for confirmation, as required by CA law, she was rejected by 67% of California voters. As should Jerry Brown have been, and now, should be.


Cross posted at Left Coast Rebel