According to the Mercury News, Governor-unelect Davis is now asking for the state Senate to come back into special session in order to approve his last-minue appointments to various boards and commissions.
Gov. Gray Davis is urging the Senate to return to the Capitol before he leaves office to confirm a list of last-minute appointments that would name some of his top aides to jobs with six-figure salaries, according to a Senate Democrat.It may well have escaped his notice, but Governor-unelect Davis was not defeated for re-election. He is not a "lame duck." He was fired in a vote of no-confidence, and only maintains office so long as the votes are not official. In the rest of the world they call his status a "caretaker" -- the government he represents has fallen and he is only there to take absolutely unavoidable actions until a replacement can take over. Such a caretaker would never assume he could make appointments or enact controversial laws.