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Originally Posted by Pedestrian
One recent governor, Gray Davis, was impeached and removed from office largely because of his coziness with unions. But Davis WAS removed and the initiative process does give California voters the power to defeat unions when the situation requires it.
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Gray Davis was not impeached; he was removed from office through a recall election. Enough signatures were gathered (largely from a campaign funded by Republican Darrel Issa---I can't stand the guy) to create a special election for the recall. I voted no. This was the dumb election that gave us Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor.
I thought Gray Davis was recalled largely because he was blamed for the California power crisis of the early '00s, which was actually created by the previous governor, Pete Wilson, a Republican (and asshole), who deregulated the power companies and created the crisis. Ironically, it was Gray Davis who re-regulated the power companies and put an end to the power crisis, but he got blamed anyway and was recalled from office... probably for other reasons as well.