Driving through San Luis Obispo County last weekend, I stopped to photograph several places and things named for California Legislators. The most easily visible was the Senator Vernon L. Sturgeon Memorial Highway. Named for a local State Senator who served two terms before serving as Legislative Secretary for Governor Reagan, the highway is the much traveled Highway 101 (between Paso Robles and […]
Senators on Twitter
Taking a quick look at the profiles of California’s State Senators on Twitter, it was interesting to see a significant range in use and number of followers. Of the 37 Senators with a presence on Twitter, 27 had more than 1,000 followers. Pro Tem Kevin De Leon led the list with more than thirty thousand followers, […]
Haters Gonna Haight
Last month, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez called on the San Diego Unified School District to change the name of an elementary school named after Civil War General Robert E. Lee. In a letter, Gonzalez wrote that “Recent tragedies have revived the debate over confederate-related symbolism in our country,” and that “schools should be inclusive. If they’re named after a person, they […]
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