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January 23, 2015 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

California Political History and The Lone Ranger (2013) movie

It has been more than two years since we wrote about Johnny Depp’s portrayal of the vampire Barnabas Collins in the movie “Dark Shadows”. Collins, as you may remember, was apparently named after a 1900s Assemblyman buried at the Sacramento City Cemetery. It’s happened again. In the Lone Ranger, a western movie set in 1869, the […]

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January 16, 2015 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

Fmr. Congressman Frank Riggs in the News

While reading the news this morning, I stumbled on an article in the LA Times about former California congressman Frank D. Riggs. Arizona swiftly adopts law mandating high school civics test By MICHAEL MUSKAL High school students have their hands full worrying about passing core math, science and English classes to graduate. In Arizona, a […]

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January 15, 2015 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

HOW LONG AGO? Attorney General for Senator

In the past week, speculation has exploded as U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer announced her retirement in 2016 and Attorney General Kamala Harris began her campaign. By Thursday, Harris had become the leading candidate (of two announced; Merv Evans has also announced his candidacy), with Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Walters asking “Does Kamala Harris have free […]

Filed Under: 2016 Election, Congress, Constitutional Officers, Current Research, JoinCalifornia, Top Stories

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