ANOTHER GRAY DAVIS FUNDRAISING SCANDAL — Since this story’s in the L.A. Times it may break through into national coverage.

Gov. Gray Davis, whose written policies warn aides against mixing policy and politics, used his Capitol office and had a top government aide with him when he requested a $1-million campaign donation from the California Teachers Assn., people who attended the Valentine’s Day meeting said. . . . “We were talking about various kinds of things, legislation and problems,” Johnson said. “In the middle of the conversation, sort of out of the blue, he said, ‘I need $1 million from you guys.’ “

I’m not in a position to judge how much political damage this will do to Davis, but it can’t be helping. What I wonder is, why are the union representatives telling people about this?