The speech was classic John E. Bryson. Speaking to a civic group in Los Angeles on June 19, Edison International's chairman delivered a thoughtful explanation of why taxpayers should support a deal he and Governor Gray Davis crafted to save his financially troubled utility. "To fail to act will impose massive costs on Californians. It would indelibly stamp California as a state that is unable to overcome partisan differences and work for the common good," Bryson said. As often before, the environmentalist and former regulator was seeking compromise and consensus-building to solve a vexing problem.
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机译：演讲是经典的约翰·布赖森（John E. Bryson）。 6月19日，爱迪生国际（Edison International）董事长在洛杉矶的一个民间团体讲话时，对纳税人为什么应支持他和州长格雷·戴维斯（Gray Davis）为挽救其财务困境的公用事业而拟定的交易进行了深思熟虑的解释。布赖森说：“如果不采取行动，将给加利福尼亚人带来沉重的代价。这将使加利福尼亚成为无法克服党派分歧和为共同利益而努力的州的不可磨灭的烙印。”与以往一样，环保主义者和前监管者一直在寻求妥协和建立共识，以解决一个棘手的问题。
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