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What careers are represented by your state representives and state senators?

CityGirl

Silver Member
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so far,
2 insurance industry
2 lawyers
1 public service employee
1 business owner
 

California

Charter Member
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You missed the biggie

State Legislative Staffer.

Yesterday we got a mailer from a candidate, saw that, and tossed it immediately.

Seriously, a high proportion of California legislature members started out as legislative subcommittee staff, even student interns etc, and moved up through the chairs over the years. Then when they get on the ballot, the public figures 'Well they must know how to get things done, with all that inside experience. Here's a better choice than an outsider who will depend on staff to teach him from scratch'. And of course they pay for polling to learn what the public wants to hear from a candidate - so their public message really does sound like what is needed to 'bring reform to the legislature'.

The reason this works is because they can put in years working for the Dem and Rep state election committees simultaneous with their civil service job, so they have a disproportionate say in who is selected by the party to run in the primaries. Then they select one another - based on years of trust, working together in their day jobs. Pure incest.
 

CityGirl

Silver Member
SUPER Site Supporter
You missed the biggie

State Legislative Staffer.

Yesterday we got a mailer from a candidate, saw that, and tossed it immediately.

Seriously, a high proportion of California legislature members started out as legislative subcommittee staff, even student interns etc, and moved up through the chairs over the years. Then when they get on the ballot, the public figures 'Well they must know how to get things done, with all that inside experience. Here's a better choice than an outsider who will depend on staff to teach him from scratch'. And of course they pay for polling to learn what the public wants to hear from a candidate - so their public message really does sound like what is needed to 'bring reform to the legislature'.

The reason this works is because they can put in years working for the Dem and Rep state election committees simultaneous with their civil service job, so they have a disproportionate say in who is selected by the party to run in the primaries. Then they select one another - based on years of trust, working together in their day jobs. Pure incest.

True that
 

jpr62902

Jeanclaude Spam Banhammer
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We have a comedian that wrote articles for Playboy and degraded women. :whistling:

Oh yeah? One of our former mayors wrote a check to a prostitute for services rendered. And it bounced.:w00t2:
 

mak2

Active member
suppose to be a joke about write her a bad check. Oh well, it is hard to be funny on the internets.
 
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