Word: assemblyman
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...quite grounds for declaring a counterrevolution. Yet there are other signs that the constraints imposed by Proposition 13 have begun to chafe. A position paper compiled by assemblyman Tom Hayden points out that California, once a leader of progressive government, has dropped to near last place among the 50 states and the District of Columbia in measures of living quality, including per capita spending on schools, classroom size and housing affordability...
...target of the progun groups was Democratic Assemblyman Bruce Bronzan of Fresno, a longtime gun owner who had been endorsed by the N.R.A. "The way the N.R.A. lobbies, there is no give of any kind," Bronzan says. "The people who called my office, who wrote letters, who lobbied my staff daily considered you anti-gun owner and anti-Constitution if you considered any strictures on ownership at all. You either had to agree with them 100% or you were against them." The tactic backfired, says Bronzan. "I received calls from lifelong N.R.A. members who felt annoyed that the N.R.A...