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Frustrated by the lack of funding for music in his own public school, Wish, 36, started a "peanut-sized" operation while he was both a primary-grades teacher and a moonlighting jazz guitarist in Redwood City, Calif., in 1996. Wish borrowed instruments from friends and began recording his students and mailing CDs to local musicians known for philanthropy, like Santana and Bonnie Raitt. Soon the stars were dropping in for jam sessions. "I was especially knocked out by one of the young girls who I could see was nailing the guitar parts," says Raitt. "The whole experience gave me vivid...
Hometown: Morgan Hill, Calif...
...built a thriving business and career. Maybe what many voters want is someone who has actually had to live and survive in the real world that the rest of us inhabit. Schwarzenegger can certainly do no worse than the current crop of morons who hold office. Brad Hale Cambria, Calif...
...apply sound business practices to identify and eliminate waste, beginning with an audit of the state's finances. One big reason we elected him Governor is that we think he will trim the fat, kick out the cronies and balance the books. Robert Louis Fisher Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif...
...clouds are ominous over somebody else's backyard miles away, and an hour later, the flames are right in front of you." JOSEPH EVANS, insurance sales executive whose family had to evacuate their home in Claremont, Calif., as the state's wildfires raced out of control...