California's governor caught speeding

On Saturday, Aug. 9, the Associated Press reported from Sacramento, Calif., the following widely unreprinted, unbroadcast and untelevised news:

California Gov. Gray Davis' motorcade was reportedly clocked speeding in a central California stretch of highway known as "Blood Alley" for its many accidents.

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The Los Angeles Times says the motorcade was allegedly moving at 94 miles an hour in a 55-mile-an-hour zone last Saturday.

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A California Highway Patrol officer chased the two unmarked cars, but was told to back off.

The sergeant in charge of the motorcade has been formally reprimanded for breaking traffic laws.

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Has the 94-miles-per-hour sergeant been issued a citation – as well as the potential award of points on his driver's license? Or does this reckless driver get away with a mere reprimand?

More important: Was he ordered to speed up by the (facing-recall) governor of California?

Are we to believe that Gov. Davis did not know that this limo was traveling 94 mph in a 55-mph speed zone?

Have you ever heard of any other governor who violated his own state's speed limit?

Yes, I am obliged to confess, I have known such a governor – only his speed was a mere 70 mph in 55-mph zone.

This governor, surely the most colorful political leader in the entire history of one of our 13 original states, just loved the incredible 55-mph limit – even on interstates that were designed for 70 mph traffic – at which speed almost all of his state's drivers motored.

But this governor not only loved that limit. He also enjoyed the revenue brought in when his state troopers began a "Click-It-or-Ticket" campaign.

This special laying-in-wait was so fiendish that it caught one radio broadcaster (and WND columnist) multiple times – resulting in a license suspension.

When this broadcaster suffered this punishment, he confessed all on the air, as all media who are caught violating surely confess publicly.

That led to numerous sympathetic phone calls, telling this broadcaster, on the air, that they had seen the governor's limo – with its "GOVERNOR" license plate – exceeding his own beloved speed limit!

So, an organization call – COGS (Clock Our Governor's Speeding) – was organized.

And in came report after report, of when, where and how badly this governor had exceeded his own beloved speed limit!

This in turn led to editorials in local daily newspapers, such as: "CAUGHT IN FAST LANE GOVERNOR PUTS BRAKES ON HIS DRIVERS," and less kindly: "GOVERNOR LEADHEAD."

This governor then ordered his "GOVERNOR" plates removed from his limo – and announced it was the fault of the license-suspended broadcaster!

The said broadcaster at one of this governor's press conferences took up a collection to pay for the governor's speeding. But the local judge sent back the money with a curt note: "We do not accept money for no citations."

And when this governor retired from that office and went on to another, the speed limit was raised to 65.

Does anybody know who was this colorful and obstinate governor?

I do. And I have enjoyed him immensely. The governor – now state comptroller and former mayor of Baltimore – was William Donald Schaefer, of Maryland. The radio broadcaster is me, Les Kinsolving of WCBM Baltimore, WorldNetDaily and Talk Radio Network.