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Crunch week also meant that Sacramento's calendar was studded with fundraising events. On Tuesday evening some 100 guests nibbled on shrimp and crayfish at Assemblyman Gerald Felando's $500-a-person "Annual Fresh Seafood Reception," held in the tony Sutter Club, two blocks from the statehouse. On Wednesday there was the $500-a-plate "Breakfast with Assemblyman Wally Herger," and this week there will be the comparably priced "Rise and Shine with Assemblywoman Lucy Killea...
With no limits on contributions or expenditures, candidates regularly build up war chests that amount to ten times their annual $33,732 salaries. Santa Monica Assemblyman Tom Hayden holds the known record for expenditures, at more than $2 million in 1982. Most of the money comes from political-action committees, corporations and labor unions seeking influence. Says former Assembly Speaker Robert Monagan: "The only way to really participate now in state government is by writing a check...
...week. "I really don't like any public office because I am much too sensitive." Opposition leaders tried last week to play down the tactical brilliance of Marcos' selection of a running mate. "It's a sign that (the Marcos factions) are desperately trying to deodorize their image," said Assemblyman Joselito Atienza. "But like any other deodorant, it will fade away." Still, some opposition sources conceded that the Tolentino nomination was a factor in persuading Aquino and Laurel to mend their differences quickly...
...welfare system on a permanent basis and achieve self-sufficiency." Opponents of workfare have traditionally argued that it can be demeaning and unfair to force recipients to take make-work jobs, and critics in California say they doubt there will be enough meaningful work for the trainees. Says Democratic Assemblyman Tom Bates: "It's cruel to send people through a training program and not get them a job." Nevertheless, GAIN attracted broad support among Republicans who have long opposed traditional welfare plans, as well as among Democrats who want to support jobs programs yet avoid being pegged as big spenders...
...GOOD GRADES, NOT AIDS! Local politicians stirred the pot. "This is not meant to scare you," City Councilman Joseph Lisa of Queens began, "but leading medical researchers throughout the world truly believe that this epidemic may well be the most serious epidemic in recorded medical history." Chimed in State Assemblyman Frederick Schmidt: "There is no medical authority who can say with authority that AIDS cannot be transmitted in school. What about somebody sneezing in the classroom? What about the water fountain? What about kids who get in a fight with a bloody nose? They don't know!" The crowd screamed...