Word: assemblyman
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...week and a half before the Harvard-Yale Game, Law School alum Eliot Spitzer captured the New York governorship previously held by Eli George Pataki. The Democrat Spitzer won 69 percent of the vote in a race against a little-known Republican former state assemblyman...
...periods say it's important to provide an alternative for parents who try to keep their newborns but become dangerously overwhelmed. "If the baby's being abused, don't we want to save that baby too?" says Dawn Geras of Save Abandoned Babies in Chicago. Alberto Torrico, the state assemblyman who sponsored California's 30-day extension, and Donne Trotter, a state senator who pushed the later deadline in Illinois, agree. They argue that parents should have time to decide if they are fit. "The reality of raising a baby really dawns on you once you get it home," Torrico...
Another actor has entered California politics--not as a candidate but as the spark for legislation. The "Tom Cruise bill," passed last week by the California state assembly and now headed for the senate, prohibits the sale of ultrasound devices to anyone but professionals licensed to use the machines. Assemblyman Ted Lieu, the Southern California Democrat who wrote the bill, grew concerned in November when Cruise and then pregnant fiancé Katie Holmes purchased a machine for a reported $200,000 to track the growth of their baby at home. The scans are considered safe when properly conducted, but the Food...
...prepared for the event by passing a resolution last week condemning BattleCry's rally on the steps of City Hall as an "act of provocation" by an anti-gay, anti-choice organization that aimed to "negatively influence the politics of America's most tolerant and progressive city." Democratic State Assemblyman Mark Leno went further, telling counter-protesters that he found the BattleCry participants "obnoxious" and "disgusting" and that "they should get out of San Francisco." (On Monday, Leno issued a statement saying he regretted that some had interpreted his remarks to mean he didn't think people of different beliefs...
...Arnold Schwarzenegger took less than 24 hours to decide to veto it. The reason? Pure politics, say both critics and supporters of the non-girlie-man Governor. "He didn't even let the bill get to his desk before announcing the veto," says Mark Leno, the openly gay state assemblyman who was the main backer. "He is pandering to the far right." Indeed, with the Governor's popularity rating down to 36% and Democrats alienated by his attacks on public-service unions, Schwarzenegger is now "more dependent on his Republican base than ever," says Allan Hoffenblum, a G.O.P. strategist...