Westward ho!
Politicians beware: Californians are cross
ENOUGH blossom still clings to the jacaranda trees to mist the streets with Impressionist blue, but it is the rather less lovely art of politics that has lately dominated the view in Los Angeles. On May 29th George Bush, on his first visit to California since his election, met Gray Davis, the governor, to discuss the electricity shortage that grips the state.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Westward ho!”
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