Is a hissy fit worth $200 million?
That was the tab in 2021, when California held a recall election less than a year before Gov. Gavin Newsom was set to face voters.
There was angst — the COVID-19 pandemic was raging. There was anger — the lifesaving restrictions imposed by Washington and Sacramento made daily living a chore and drove many small businesses to the brink. Others went clear over the edge.
There was also no small amount of political opportunism at play.
The recall gave Newsom’s critics, mainly on the right, a chance to try to chase the Democrat from an
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