From: "Gary Britt" 

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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