In Sacramento They Love The Governor, Even If He Asks For A Million Dollars In the Capitol Building I'm hard pressed to imagine why California Teachers Assn. President Wayne Johnson would come out and publicly slam Gray Davis but it will be interesting to see how this plays out. State law bars officials from actually accepting campaign checks in the Capitol but does not prevent them from asking for money on state property. It's just been a rule that while you're in the Capitol doing state business you don't do it. Why would Johnson say such a thing? Especially since they were Davis' biggest backer in 1998? Because Davis has come out against the union's top priority for the year, legislation to make textbooks and other classroom issues subject to collective bargaining. Said Johnson, "I honestly believe we could have given him $2 million, and he still would have taken a position against us." What ever happened to the good old days, when a bought Democrat stayed bought? Article Here