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Recall Vote Set for Oct. 7 "While voters have real concerns about a conservative multimillionaire with a sketchy background who is funding the recall for his personal ambition to be governor, it is important to note that this factor is not as persuasive" as other anti-recall messages, it said. The memo outlined a strategy that Davis has made obvious in recent public appearances: Democrats must denounce the special election's cost to taxpayers, cast it in partisan terms, argue that it will not solve California's problems and warn of high risks for the state. Davis pursued that approach Thursday at the Los Angeles sheriff's headquarters in Monterey Park and in a KTLA-TV Channel 5 interview. In the interview he said Californians risk replacing him with a governor who wins as little as 20% of the vote. There would be no runoff, so if Davis were recalled, the candidate with the most votes would win. "Who knows who we'd be stuck with," he said. The name of the campaign committee formed by Davis on Thursday captured his argument that the election is a waste of taxpayer money: Californians Against the Costly Recall. The secretary of state estimates that the special election will cost the state $30 million to $35 million. Garry South, who led Davis' two successful campaigns for governor, will serve as an unpaid advisor. Two of South's longtime lieutenants will play key roles — Smith as director and Larry Grisolano as campaign manager. *
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Times staff writers Matea Gold, Jean Guccione, Allison Hoffman, Chris Kraul, Dan Morain, Tim Reiterman and Nancy Vogel contributed to this report.
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