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California Secretary of State Edmund G. Brown Jr. recaptured the state's governorship from the Republicans, defeating state controller Houston I. Flournoy...
...welfare, he conceives of himself as a moderate Republican in the tradition of former Governor Earl Warren; he calls for a state land-use plan and a full-time state air-pollution control board. But the G.O.P. base in California has considerably contracted under the impact of Watergate. Flournoy has had to devote much of the campaign to separating his own candidacy from the national party, while Brown continues to link the two. In one of his television spots, Flournoy tells viewers: "My name is Houston Flournoy. Houston Flournoy...
Brown, meanwhile, is coasting to what he expects to be an easy victory in November. Still well ahead in the polls, he schedules almost no appearances before noon. Last week he was once again ignoring Flournoy as he attacked more inviting targets. With puritan outrage, he assailed as a modern-day Taj Mahal the new $1.3 million Governor's mansion that is being built at the same time that Reagan vetoed a $500 million housing bond issue. Flournoy supported the housing program, but his moderate views on the issues-not very far removed from Brown...
...thoroughly satisfied with the fine job Ronald Reagan has done for our great state and surely do not want a Jerry Brown [Oct. 21] to take over now. Houston Flournoy not only has the credentials for Governor but has the guts as well. Sympathetic? Yes. Empathetic? Yes. And he has the courage to tell those who want to spend our state out of existence to go directly to hell. I feel that Jerry Brown might have to call a prayer meeting to decide a tough issue...
...tune with the times, you should run a cover picture of Houston Flournoy on your next issue, plus at least two pictures of him at work in your inside story. Fair play is what campaign reform is all about, and you are the first and worst violator...