#ted

So it was flawed in that it didn't require California to have a first claim on the power plants. It deregulated part of the market, but not all of the market. ↗

— Gray Davis

#claim #deregulated #first #flawed #market

Well, there's no question that the law passed in 1996 was flawed. It deregulated the wholesale market, meaning the price that the utilities had to pay energy companies for power, but not the retail market. ↗

— Gray Davis

#deregulated #energy #energy companies #flawed #had

The Long Island Sound is an environmentally unique estuary that needs to be protected. ↗

— Tim Bishop

#estuary #island #long #long island #needs

The residents and elected officials of Long Island have fought vigorously for many years and spent millions of dollars to preserve the quality of life that the Long Island Sound offers. ↗

— Tim Bishop

#elected #elected officials #fought #island #life

We need to send a clear message to gang members that violent crime will not be tolerated. ↗

— Tim Bishop

#clear message #crime #gang #members #message

While the wealthiest families completely benefit from the tax cuts targeted towards the upper brackets, middle-income families were hit with the unwelcome surprise of higher taxes on tax day. ↗

— Tim Bishop

#brackets #completely #cuts #day #families

There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#children #drunkards #idiots #protects #providence

Alcoholism is a genetically predisposed disease and it does run in my family. I also think I felt like a misfit. I was in the South, everybody was blonde. I just didn't feel like I fitted in. It was sort of my way of fitting. ↗

— Kristin Davis

#also #blonde #disease #does #everybody

You can sometimes learn more working with less talented people, because you learn to survive. ↗

— Jacqueline Bisset

#learn #less #more #people #sometimes

Drawing is giving a performance; an artist is an actor who is not limited by the body, only by his ability and, perhaps, experience. ↗

— Marc Davis

#actor #artist #body #drawing #experience