From: Ellen K. 

Bush II.

See  http://www.treas.gov/organization/bios/marin-e.html

A lot actually comes up if you google her.

On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 23:37:39 -0500, "Gary Britt"
 wrote in message :

>Who was she Treasurer under?
>
>Gary
>
>"Ellen K."  wrote in message
>news:p40gn1t8bj7k86r9gh5anno9eesqiuofno{at}4ax.com...
>> Californians are possibly unique in one respect, which is that although
>> the state is registered majority Democrat, and usually votes Democrat,
>> people do get their dander up when they sense they are being
>> manipulated.  That's how Proposition 13 passed and how Gray Davis got
>> voted out of office.
>>
>> A very big mistake the Republican party has made here is not courting
>> the Hispanic vote.  Hispanic culture is very much more oriented to
>> "family values" than to the Democrats' positions.  We
had a terrific
>> possible candidate to run for the Senate, Rosario Marin -- female,
>> Hispanic, bootstrap life story, was mayor of a small city here, then US
>> Treasurer, but no, they had to run a gray white male.  Sheesh.
>>
>> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 14:53:45 -0500, "Gary Britt"
>>  wrote in message
:
>>
>> >It would have affected congressional representation as well, I assumed,
>but
>> >it didn't necessarily have to do so directly.  Eventually it would have
>> >either way.  It should have had the affect of getting more republicans
>over
>> >time, I would have thought.
>> >
>> >Gary
>> >
>> >
>> >"Ellen K."  wrote in message
>> >news:l02fn15ukmhfqn2fjlmmrk6guqoeouicmb{at}4ax.com...
>> >> Armey's letter said the current districting helped secure the
>Republican
>> >> majority in Congress.  I have to confess that I hadn't
read the actual
>> >> text of the proposition before that and had assumed that
it referred
>> >> only to the state legislature.
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 12:47:36 -0500, "Gary Britt"
>> >>  wrote in message
:
>> >>
>> >> >Sweep the nation no.  Its actually not the way things
should be except
>in
>> >> >the case of California whose districting has gotten
so out of whack
>that
>> >the
>> >> >proportion of democrats and republicans in the
legislature doesn't
>even
>> >come
>> >> >close to reflecting the voting population.
>> >> >
>> >> >I was surprised to see Ellen's comment about Army,
but he is a paid
>> >lobbyist
>> >> >now.  The state republicans for it probably have
their seats pretty
>much
>> >> >guaranteed to them and like the democrats in the
state legislature put
>> >their
>> >> >personal interest over the state's interest.
>> >> >
>> >> >Once California got its districting straightened out
for a decade or
>so,
>> >> >they could go back to the usual and preferred method.
 Right now
>> >> >California's legislature is a bigger captive to limited special
>interests
>> >> >than is Washington, and that's really saying something
>> >> >
>> >> >Gary
>> >> >
>> >> >"John Cuccia" 
wrote in message
>> >> >news:2moen1hu3m2fe7lfs3qbsasr0urss42fmt{at}4ax.com...
>> >> >> On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:58:45 -0500, "Gary Britt"
>> >> >>  wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >I was really disappointed in the defeat of
Arnie's 4 ballot
>> >propositions.
>> >> >> >Especially the one that would have put one
man one vote back into
>the
>> >> >state
>> >> >> >legislature.  What did Arnie do in your
opinion to screw this all
>up?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I was hoping that his redistricting proposition
would pass in
>> >> >> California and then sweep the nation.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >
>>
>

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