Over the past few months, when I heard people talking about incoming Assemblyman Bill Brough (R-Orange County), I thought they had meant Assemblyman Bill Brophy (R-Los Angeles), who remains one of the great cautionary tales of the Legislature. Brough seems like a nice enough guy (married, two kids, military service, and local government experience) so […]
Explaining Things to a Fellow
There is nothing like meeting new Fellows to make you feel ancient. You try to explain how things were three Assemblyman Allens ago, but some things are hard to explain. When I got here, we still had legislators who had started before term limits. Heck, we even had one Assemblyman who started in the legislature […]
Those we lost in 2014
John Vasconcellos, the second longest serving member of the California Legislature (with 38 years), was one of the notables to leave us in 2014. Another was State Treasurer Bert A. Betts, who as a B-24 pilot in WWII, flew “30 consecutive missions over Germany and enemy occupied territory without once failing to complete a mission.” […]
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