I didn’t know which board to put this in, so please move it if needed. In the current gubernatorial race for California, the two main possible candidate (the primaries still have to happen) are Republican Meg Whitman, former president and CEO of EBay, and Democratic Attorney General Jerry Brown. Previously, Jerry Brown was governor of California from 1975-83. Anyone on the board in California during that time? How was he as governor? Would you vote for him again?
Not too good, according to the Dead Kennedys…
He was quite liberal, but at the same time very frugal. For instance, he opposed Proposition 13, and was very strong on the environment, but the state never increased taxes under his administration.
He was called “governor moonbeam” because of his idea to launch a state-owned satellite.
Loved him. Honest and intelligent. Wouldn’t hesitate to vote for him again.
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A decent Wiki overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Brown#Governorship
I just want to know, if he wins, will he start dating Linda Ronstadt again, or find a younger waifish pop star?
Since the answer to this is necessarily political, it is probably better suited to GD than GQ.
Colibri
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He didn’t electrify the voters once in office.
I’ll be voting for him, given that the alternative is another Schwarzenegger style newbie, Meg Whitman, who has no previous political experience. Meg, in addition to not being in politics before, has a history of not voting.
I worked for San Jose State first time he ran. He screwed the state worker. He was a joke. My wife likes to give me a bad time because I voted for him. The govnor moonbeam lable was a put down used both by the Dems and the Reps. To the rest of the nation Callifornia was a joke because of our choice of gov.
He moved from Southern Calif to Oakland to run for mayor. Oakland was in serious trouble when he was elected and after 8 years of his improvements appears to be in more trouble.
oops. oh yes they did get back the Raiders.
And now?
What did he do to screw state workers?
And I’m still trying to understand what made him such a joke. Was it environmentalism?
I’m not a Californian, but he had an image of being kinda flaky and out-there and liberal-trendy, and just not a serious person. Perhaps unfair, but there it is.
State didn’t fall into the ocean.
Still, anything beats having a 'pubbie in the office again.
Why was that a bad idea?
Comsat, DirecTV, Intelsat, SkyNet, etc. seem to be making healthy profits from the business.
Oh, how soon people forget.
The man was opposed to Prop 13. I don’t think there’s anything else that needs to be said.
Through the lack of pay raises to ballance the budget, after running on the platform the he would not ballance the budget with state employees pay. State employees pay was way behind private industry. When I left the state and went back to private industry I took a job with less responsibalitys ( maintaining one building instead of 3 or 4) and my pay went from around $8.40/ hr to $12.60.
Jerry Brown kept comming up with some of the strangest things. I can not remember them just the “he said what, I do not believe it?” being asked in the shop often.
This is a correct way of putting it. I don’t think it was unfair.
Prop. 13? That bill of goods that’s directly responsible for the fiscal mess we find ourselves in today?
Get me my absentee ballot. I’m voting for him RIGHT NOW.
Thanks to Prop 13 I still own my house. With out Prop 13 I would guess the taxes on my home would be around $20,000 per year.
I didn’t say it was a bad idea. But in the 70s it certainly was way ahead of its time, and caused him to be ridiculed by people who were not such advanced thinkers.