You need to also consider: 1. A well-funded campaign to recall the Governor, started by conservative Republicans, began last year.
2. The person who initially funded the petition was suddenly no longer the prime candidate. 3. A new prime candidate came out of nowhere. 4. The Karl Rove administration is known for deciding who will run in congressional and other races throughout the USA. In many cases, candidates were told in no uncertain terms to drop out in favor of the Party leadership's chosen candidate. 5. The Cheney/Rove administration represents large corporate interests. 6. Contractors tend to be conservative. Many are large corporations. 7. Contractors don't like being told to do something differently. They like their own way and their old familiar units. 8. The contractors whined and whined and got nowhere for 10 years, until a new Governor, favored by corporate interests, took office. 9. Far fetched? I don't think so. Someone high up got to Caltrans. They didn't do this on their own. Same thing in Utah, without doubt. With metrication completed, why would anyone go back, unless pressured? Carleton P.S. Acknowledged, Gray Davis wasn't the best at articulating his policies. But who knows how many of his problems were caused by people like Enron gaming the state's energy market. (Who knows if THAT wasn't orchestrated, either.) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Euric Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 18:32 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:30869] Re: Arnie Arnold may have been born and raised in a metric country, but he is now totally Americanised. I'm sure if you asked him his opinion, you'd get a response of support for English units from him. Most immigrants try to conform and go out of their way to become familiar with FFU. Some immigrants refused to speak metric to me, even if I spoke metric to them or asked them to. Being from a metric country does not automatically assume metric support. Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "David King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 2004-08-27 18:09 Subject: [USMA:30866] Re: Arnie > Don't forget as well that the Governor grew up in a metric country, Austria. > > And you could ask him to "terminate" the backward thinking move to > imperial units. > > David King
