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Draft Status: In terms of what kind of pro Weatherspoon could be, he's a first round talent. But when you look at first round linebackers in recent drafts, they are either pass rush specialists on the outside for the 3-4, or they are more traditional linebackers who are so outstanding or explosive in their play, they cannot be passed on. Weatherspoon is a great players, but probably lacks the explosive playmaking to get him into the first round.
Final Analysis: I have been up and down on Weatherspoon this season. Some weeks he looks like he's going to be a great pro, and the next he almost looks like the system masks his flaws and he's going to struggle at the next level. Weatherspoon doesn't have elite speed at linebacker but looks to be a smart enough player to overcome some of that, but the team that drafts him, will be rolling the dice on just how good he can be. In the right system, he could put up great numbers, but in the wrong one, and he might not be able to start. A move inside might be just what the doctor ordered for Weatherspoon.
Reminds me of: Curtis Lofton, LB Atlanta-Lofton was one of the most productive linebackers in the country his final season at OU. But his lack of ideal size and explosion and straight line speed pushed him to the 2nd round. But he ended up in Atlanta where they can work off his strengths and he's been able to excel. The same could certainly happen to Weatherspoon.
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|Jerry Brown
|Governor of California
|In office
|1975 - 1983, 2011 - Present
|Term ends
|January 5, 2015
|Years in position (current service)
|Years in position (previous service)
|Arnold Schwarzenegger (R)
|Base salary
|Elections and appointments
|First elected
|November 2, 2010
|Next general
|November 4, 2014
|Campaign $
|Term limits
|2 terms (not including previous service as governor)
|Prior offices
|California Secretary of State
|1971 - 1975
|Mayor of Oakland
|1999 - 2006
|Attorney General of California
|2007 - 2011
|High school
|St. Ignatius High School
|University of California-Berkeley (1961)
|Yale Law School (1964)
|Date of birth
|April 7, 1938
|Place of birth
|San Francisco, California
|Attorney, radio show host
|Office website
|Personal website
|Campaign website
- 1 Biography
- 2 Political career
- 2.1 Governor of California (2011-present)
- 2.2 Attorney General of California (2007-2011)
- 2.3 Mayor of Oakland (1999-2007)
- 2.4 Chairman of the California Democratic Party (1989-1991)
- 2.5 Governor of California (1975-1983)
- 2.6 Unsuccessful Presidential campaigns
- 2.7 California Secretary of State (1971-1975)
- 2.8 Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees (1969-1971)
- 3 Elections
- 4 Campaign donors
- 5 Personal
- 6 Recent news
- 7 See also
- 8 External links
- 9 References
He was most recently re-elected on November 2, 2010 and sworn in on January 1, 2011 for a term ending in January of 2015.
Brown previously served as the 34th Governor of California, from 1975 to 1983. Because Brown was elected to both of his terms as the 34th governor before the new terms limits law was passed in 1990, he was eligible to run again in 2010. In a protracted battle, he edged out Republican Meg Whitman in the 2010 general election.[2]
In 1982, Brown set a record when he approved 98 percent of the bills presented to him by the state legislature.[3] Following the 2010-2012 legislative session, the Associated Press presented analysis showing Brown to have the highest rate of bill singing of any governor since he left office the first time.[3][3] Brown presides in concert with a Democratic majority in both chambers of the state legislature, which translates to a higher rate of bill approval.
Before he assumed the governorship for the first time, Brown had served one term as Secretary of State of California. Brown remained active on the political scene between his stints in the governor's office. He was chair of the California Democratic Party from 1989 to 1991, mayor of Oakland, CA from 1998 to 2006 and then returned to state row in 2007 following his election as state attorney general. As attorney general, Brown brought suits against Standard Oil of California, International Telephone and Telegraph, Gulf Oil, and Mobil for violation of campaign-finance laws, often arguing in person before the California State Supreme Court, and enforcing laws requiring members of the California State Legislature to disclose sources of campaign funds.
Brown's electoral history also includes three unsuccessful runs for President of the United States - in 1976, 1980 and 1991 - and for U.S. Senate in 1982.[4]
His experience outside politics includes founding the Oakland School for the Arts and the Oakland Military Institute and working as an attorney for the firm of Tuttle and Taylor.[5]
Brown is up for re-election in 2014. He secured a spot for his post in the June 3 top-two primary.[6] The general election took place November 4, 2014.
Brown was born on April 7, 1938 in San Francisco, California. He is a graduate of St. Ignatius High School, the University of California at Berkeley, and Yale Law School.
Shortly after receiving his law degree, Brown worked as a law clerk for Justice Matthew Tobriner at the California State Supreme Court. He later went on to study briefly in both Mexico and Latin America. Brown returned to the United States and was admitted to the California State Bar, after having initially failed the bar exam. He joined the Los Angeles private practice law firm of Tuttle & Taylor.
Beginning in 1995, Brown hosted a daily call-in talk show on the local Pacifica Radio station, KPFA-FM, in Berkeley, California. Both the radio program and Brown's political action organization, based in Oakland, were called We the People. His programs, usually featuring invited guests, generally explored alternative views on a wide range of social and political issues, from education and health care to spirituality and the death penalty. He strongly critiqued both the Democratic and Republican parties, often referring to himself as a "recovering politician."
- St. Ignatius High School
- Attended Santa Clara University
- Attended Sacred Heart Novitiate (1958)
- BA, Classics, University of California at Berkeley (1961)
- JD, Yale Law School (1964)
Political career
Governor of California (2011-present)
Brown became the longest-serving governor in state history on October 15, 2013, which fell during his third non-consecutive term in the office.[1]
Job creation ranking
In a June 2013 analysis by The Business Journals, which ranked 45 of the country's 50 governors by their job creation records, Brown was ranked number 10. The five governors omitted from the analysis all assumed office in 2013. The ranking was based on a comparison of the annual private sector growth rate in all 50 states using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.[7][8]
Judicial appointments
As governor, Brown is responsible for appointing judges to California state courts. Nominees to the California Supreme Court and California Courts of Appeal must be confirmed by the California Commission on Judicial Appointments. Appointed appellate judges stand for retention in the gubernatorial election following appointment; judges of the Superior Courts run for the seat in the next general election. For an up-to-date list of all of Brown's appointees, see Judgepedia's page on his appointments.
Veto rate
The secretary of the California Senate reported that when Brown served his first two terms as governor (between 1975-1983), he approved bills at a rate of 96% on average, "and set a record in 1982 when he approved 98 percent of the bills that crossed his desk."[3] While he did not break the record he set in 1982, after the fall 2012 surge of legislative activity subsided, The Associated Press published an analysis of Brown's signing and vetoing behavior during the 2010-2012 legislative session that showed him to have the highest rate of bill singing of any governor since he left office the first time.[3] Records collected from the California State Library and the secretary of the California State Senate revealed that Brown vetoed 13 percent of the 1,866 bills the legislature put before him over the last two years.[3] Before Brown returned to the governor's office, GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed bills at a rate of 27%. Under Brown, California has a Democratic trifecta, meaning the governor and both chambers of the state legislature are controlled by the Democratic Party. This partisan alignment translates to a higher rate of bill approval in contrast with the experience of his Republican predecessor.
Adult education transfer
In his 2013-14 budget, Brown proposed granting California's community colleges sole responsibility for adult education, instead of leaving adult education to both K-12 schools and community colleges. The governor's budget summary for K-12 education explained that this change would improve upon the existing plan. Presently, school districts do not have specifically earmarked funds for adult education and so adult education funding has been significantly reduced in recent years due to budget cuts. According to the summary, "the proposal eliminates the current bifurcated system and places the community colleges in a position to improve coordination at the regional and statewide levels. Community colleges are better positioned than K‑12 schools to address the needs of adult learners because that is their core function." The community college system would be allocated $300 million in block grants for K-12 adult education and $15.7 million for the apprenticeship program.[9] While commending the governor for addressing the need for restructuring K-12 adult education, the California Legislative Analyst's Office referred to possible alternatives to the governor's proposal in its previous reports.[10] In December 2012, for example, the LAO recommended requiring school districts to separate the funding for adult education from their general funds.[11] The California Council for Adult Education (CCAE) released talking points which said that "the shift of the responsibility of Adult Education to the Community Colleges is problematic" for many reasons, including that the 300 K-12 adult education centers are more accessible to and considered more "culturally proficient" by many Californians who use their services than community colleges would be.[12]
Environmental-agency legislation
Brown approved a number of changes regarding environmental agency policy during the fall of 2012.[13] Among them was a bill to change the name of the Department of Fish and Game to the Department of Fish and Wildlife.[14] Assembly Bill 2402 aims to concentrate the department's efforts on ecosystem conservation through science-based policy. Other provisions include expanding the department's collection of fees beyond the money raised through hunting and fishing licenses and the department's law enforcement capabilities. The same week, Brown approved a state ban on "the centuries-old practice" of using hounds to hunt bears and other natural predators. The third change, SB 1148, to earn Brown's signature that week will allow the department, which will be rechristened January 1, 2013, to raise money by contracting with nonprofit conservation groups "to manage state-owned lands and charge fees for using more of its properties." The money raised could offset the $300,000, according to the state legislature's estimates, it will cost the department to redo the department's website and computer systems, as well as help curtail the state's persistent financial crisis.[15]
Throughout his tenure as Governor of California, Brown has singled out the embattled liberal political organization, ACORN, for praise, saying, "[I]n this job I spend my time calling on that same network of community organizers that has been there right along…When I talk to people about community programs, I want to talk to the people from ACORN and Fair Share and Mass Advocacy -- all the community groups that I've known over a period of years."[16]
In June 2001, Brown, as mayor of Oakland, worked closely with both ACORN and ACORN Housing on an anti-predatory lending campaign called "Don't Borrow Trouble."
The June 2008 Survey and Scorecard report published by ACORN gave Brown an A letter grade. The report was published to shine the spotlight on state attorneys general "leading the fight to protect homeowners from joining the flood of Americans losing their homes to foreclosure," so says the group.[17] The grade distributed to the individual attorneys general "generally broke down along party lines," with the exception of Louisiana's Buddy Caldwell.[18]
In September 2009, conservative investigative journalists James O'Keefe and Hanna Giles posed as a pimp and a prostitute and secretly videotaped conversations with ACORN employees. Reps in various offices across the country, including the San Diego branch office where Juan Carlos Vera worked, counseled the pair on how to set up a brothel for young girls, barely thirteen years of age, from El Salvador. When asked how such an operation should be reported to the IRS, several individuals supplied the needed information. Following the release of the tapes, Vera was fired. A month later, Brown's office announced it was opening an inquest into both ACORN and the circumstances under which the political action group was videotaped. California Penal Code Section 632 prohibits the recording of 'confidential communications' without consent. California is one of twelve states that require notification of both parties prior to recording. In 1989, a California State appellate court ruled that "this statute applies to the use of hidden video cameras to record conversations as well."[19]
ACORN official David Lagstein, speaking to the East County Democrat club on October 15 about the California Attorney General Jerry Brown's investigation, seemed to suggest the fix was in.[20] He assured supporters, saying, "The attorney general is a political animal, but certainly every bit of the communication we have had with them has suggested that the fault will be found with the people that did the video and not the people with ACORN."[21]
Cuba trip
Nearly a week after Meg Whitman, the Republican gubernatorial nominee in California, was dealt a political setback with allegations over her dismissal of a maid who was an illegal resident in the United States, Brown faced a scandal of his own involving the Latino community. According to allegations, a July 2000 political junket that Jerry Brown, who at the time was Mayor of Oakland, and his staff took to Cuba was in violation of America's sanctions against the Communist dictatorship. The purpose of the trip was to formalize Oakland's sister-city status with Santiago de Cuba.[22] While Brown's trip has been a matter of public record for a decade, the fresh attention it is receiving comes from an article, published in The Daily Beast and the San Francisco Chronicle, detailing Brown's movements on the island and reporting snippets of conversation.[23][24]
Later reports said Brown's entire trip was set up by a former CIA agent who became a double agent for Cuba before defecting to the island. Phillip Agee, a CIA expert on Latin America in the 1960s, divulged the names of hundred of American agents before fleeing the United States in the mid-1970s; many in America's intelligence community believe information he divulged led to at least one murder.[25] MI6, Britain's intelligence agency, also connects the assassinations of two of their agents in Poland to Agee's leaked info.[26] After setting up in Havana, he reinvented himself as a travel agent, and eventually came to count Jerry Brown as a client.[27] Agee was candid about his ambitions for his "Cubalinda" travel agency: "Well, I would like to see people ignore the law, that is to the degree the law doesn't have any meaning anymore." Agee also admitted that he was instructing his American clients to make payments through European accounts to skirt regulations on U.S. travel to Cuba. Of Agee's services, Brown allegedly said, he's "a very good travel agent...got everything done...he's quite a guy."[23]
At the time of Brown's excursion, Agee's U.S. passport had long been revoked and his travel agency was not on the list of OFAC's approved businesses. OFAC, the Office of Foreign Asset Control, operates under the auspices of the U.S. Treasury, whose approval is legally required before American citizens may travel to Cuba. U.S. Sanctions against Cuba fall under the "Trading with the Enemy Act" and are specifically enumerated in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 CFR Part 515. According to OFAC guidelines for travel to Cuba, "Unless authorized by a general or specific license, any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction who engages in any Cuba travel-related transaction violates the Regulations."[28]
"Whore" comment
A private conversation that was inadvertently recorded via a voicemail message machine in 2010 showed Brown supposedly willing to slander his Republican opponent, Meg Whitman, as a "whore" after she announced she would "exempt public safety officials from key parts of her pension reform plan," something Brown refused to do as State Attorney General.[29] The controversial comment came after Brown telephoned the Los Angeles Police Protective League and left a voicemail message requesting their endorsement in the gubernatorial contest. Brown, believing he had hung up the phone, then engaged in a conversation with his campaign aides, venting his frustration that his refusal to concede to an exemption for police officers in his state pension reform proposal could cost him their endorsements. When the repartee turned to the discussion of releasing an advertisement blasting Whitman for this compromise, an aide interjects by asking if they should say that she is a whore. Brown, in response, said, "Whore. Well, I am going to use that."[30] While acknowledging the conversation took place, a spokesman for the Brown campaign argued that the gubernatorial candidate "was responding to the notion of accusing Whitman of cutting a deal to gain endorsements, not to the use of the word 'whore,'" though the tape itself seems to suggest otherwise.[31]
Attorney General of California (2007-2011)
In early 2004, Brown expressed interest in running forAttorney General of California in the 2006 election. On May 18, 2004, he formally filed the necessary papers to begin his campaign for the nomination, including a sworn declaration with the statement "I meet the statutory and constitutional qualifications for this office (including, but not limited to, citizenship, residency, and party affiliation, if required)."
Brown had an active Democratic primary opponent, Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo. Delgadillo put most of his money into TV ads attacking Brown and spent $4.1 million on the primary campaign. Regardless, Brown easily defeated Delgadillo, 63% to 37%.[32] In the general election, Brown defeated Republican State Senator Charles Poochigian 56.3% to 38.2%, which was the largest margin of victory in any statewide race except in the United States Senate in which Dianne Feinstein's opponent did not mount a strong challenge.[33]
As the Attorney General of California, Brown brought suits against Standard Oil of California, International Telephone and Telegraph, Gulf Oil, and Mobil for violation of campaign-finance laws, often arguing in person before the California State Supreme Court, and enforcing laws requiring members of the California State Legislature to disclose sources of campaign funds. He played a significant role in the drafting and passage of Proposition 9 - The California Fair Political Practices Act, which established the California Fair Political Practices Commission (CFPPC). The mission of the CFPPC is to investigate alleged violations of the Political Reform Act, impose penalties when appropriate, and assist state and local agencies in developing and enforcing conflict-of-interest codes.
State public employee pension
- See also: Public pensions in California
Brown stole the California political spotlight in late-July 2010 when he laid into the governmental employees of Bell, a city located outside Los Angeles that is one of the poorest in the state, after the Los Angeles Times, "reported that the city manager makes almost $800K a year and stands to receive a pension worth $30 million."[34] He called the outlandish salaries "shocking and beyond belief" and called for a full scale investigation into the matter.[35] As a state public employee himself, however, local political watchdog groups question whether Brown's words and actions in this regard are a bit hypocritical.
Overseen by the California Public Employees' Retirement System, also known as CalPERS, the Legislators' Retirement System (LRS), established in 1947, operates as a special pension program for elected constitutional officers, legislative statutory officers, and members of the state legislature prior to November 7, 1990. The LRS operated in relative obscurity until the passage of Proposition 140 in 1990, which limited the number of terms that California state senators and representatives can stay in office and, perhaps most importantly in regards to this issue, eliminated pensions for state lawmakers. As a result, only thirteen working public officials are members of the independent pension program. Still, even in light of this attempt at local governmental reform, the law "prevents" either CalPERS or LRS from answering questions pertaining to specific members.
In spite of this obstacle, the Orange County Watchdog combed through the LRS actuarial statements and found an individual who matches Jerry Brown's age and salary. If this is indeed Jerry Brown, there appears to be a discrepancy in the records according to the Watchdog. The LRS has this person listed as having served twenty-five to twenty-nine years in public office; again, if this is Brown, he should only have sixteen years of service. Sterling Clifford, a spokesman for the Brown gubernatorial campaign, claims that neither he nor the attorney general's office know what is going on here. He did, however, note that Brown "started receiving an annual pension of about $20,000 when he turned 60 in 1998 and pocketed it every year until he assumed the attorney general's office, when it was suspended."[36] What is at issue here are tens of thousands of state taxpayer dollars - if he served sixteen years, Brown's annual LRS pension salary would come to $73,720; if, however, it was twenty-five years or more, as LRS actuarial statements appear to suggest, it would be $110,580. This comes to a difference of $36,860.
Proposition 8
- See also: California Proposition 8 (2008)
Though the attorney general of a state normally argues in support of laws that have been passed by the electorate, Brown took the unusual, and extremely controversial, step of declining to defend Proposition 8, a voter-approved amendment to the state constitution that banned same-sex marriage. Filing his own legal challenge against the amendment, Brown came to the conclusion that Proposition 8 "deprives people of the right to marry, an aspect of liberty that the Supreme Court has concluded is guaranteed by the California Constitution."[37][38]
On May 26, 2009, the California State Supreme Court surprisingly voted 6-1 to uphold Proposition 8 on state constitutional grounds.
In spite of this ruling, however, Brown continues to oppose defending the law, arguing in front of a federal court that the initiative "violates federal due process and equal protection guarantees" promised in the Fourteenth Amendment.[39]
CEI rating
In an analysis of state attorneys general published in July 2010, Brown was named "The Nation's Worst Attorney General" by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government. Basing their criteria on dubious dealings, fabricating law, usurping legislative power, and predatory practices, the California Attorney General, who at the time of the publication was a gubernatorial candidate, received a letter grade of F in all four categories. CEI accused Brown his responsibility as state attorney general to defend all state laws against constitutional challenges "by picking and choosing which laws to defend, and even seeking to undermine those he disagreed with," such as Proposition 8.[40]
Ballot titles
In October 2009, Brown was accused of re-writing the ballot title for the California Continuous Coverage Auto Insurance Discount Act (2010) in a way that is more advantageous to that initiative after receiving a $13,000 campaign contribution from Mercury Insurance, its main sponsor.[41]
Mayor of Oakland (1999-2007)
In early 1998, Brown announced that he was leaving the Democratic Party and changed his party registration to "Decline To State." He terminated his radio show that same year in order to run for Mayor of Oakland. He won the general election contest in June 1998 and seven months later was sworn into office. Within just a few short weeks, he drew the ire of the far left after he invited the United States Marine Corps to stage their war games, titled Urban Warrior, in the defunct Oakland Army Base and on the closed grounds of the Oak Knoll Naval Hospital after the National Park Service rejected the Marines' request to use Crissy Field in San Francisco. Also during his tenure he was able to get the approval of the electorate to convert Oakland's weak mayor political structure (the mayor as chairman of the city council and official greeter) to a strong mayor structure (the mayor as chief executive over the nonpolitical city manager and thus the various city departments and not a council member). This strong mayor structure in many ways is similar to that of the nearby city of San Francisco. Other efforts including acquiring millions of dollars in state and federal funding to open two charter schools that are now among the top-ranked in Oakland. Brown was re-elected with over 60 percent of the vote in 2002.
In 2003, Brown and fellow Democratic Mayor Jim Hahn of Los Angeles praised Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for his decisive actions regarding the suppression of the reinstitution of portions the vehicle license fee (labeled by opponents as the car tax) and some restoration of state funding for city governments, implying that Gray Davis (who had been Governor Brown's Chief of Staff in the 1970s) had acted poorly in this regard.
Crime rate in Oakland
The murder rate in Oakland in the first two months of 2006 was triple what it was during the same time period the year before.[42] Two years later, the CQ Press annual report ranked Oakland the fifth-highest crime rate among U.S. cities in 2007.[43] These statistics have led critics to suggest that Brown had failed as mayor to make the city safer.[44]
Chairman of the California Democratic Party (1989-1991)
After briefly studying abroad, Brown returned to California and successfully ran for the chairmanship of the state's Democratic Party in 1989, defeating the less experienced Steve Westly. Although he had greatly expanded the party's donor base and enlarged its coffers during his tenure, he was criticized for not spending enough money on television advertisements, which many within the state party contributed for close Democratic losses in 1990. Brown abruptly resigned from the chairmanship in early 1991 and announced he would seek the United States Senate seat left open following the retirement of Democratic Senator Alan Cranston. In spite of consistent polls numbers, he abandoned his senatorial campaign in favor of a third attempt at the presidency.
Governor of California (1975-1983)
Brown was sworn into office as Governor of California in 1975, succeeding outgoing Republican (and future President of the United States) Ronald Reagan. Strongly opposed to the Vietnam War, Brown rode into the governorship on a broad base of young liberal support. Upon election, he refused many of the privileges and trappings of the office, forgoing the grand governor's mansion, which he sold off in 1983, and instead rented a modest apartment. Instead of riding as a passenger in chauffeured limousines as previous governors had done, Brown drove himself to work in a compact sedan - a Plymouth Satellite from the state vehicle pool.
Throughout his tenure in office, Brown expressed a strong interest in environmental issues, which were to be highlighted in the state during the course of the decade. Brown's concern for the environment could seen in his appointments to state positions that directly affected it. His selections included J. Baldwin for the then-newly created California Office of Appropriate Technology, Sim Van der Ryn as State Architect, Stewart Brand as Special Advisor, and John Bryson, the CEO of Southern California Electric Company and a founding member of the Natural Resources Defense Council, chairman of the California State Water Board in 1976.
It was also in the course of his first governorship that he dissolved the fifteen member California Arts Commission and reorganized it into the California Arts Council (CAC), boosting its state funding by as much as 1,300 percent. This became a source of contention during the state's frequent budget crises at the turn of the century, beginning in 2001 when, under Governor Grey Davis, the CAC received $30 million from state coffers.[45] Additionally, Brown, as governor, appointed the first black (Wiley Manuel), woman (Rose Bird), and Latino (Cruz Reynoso) to the California State Supreme Court.
Brown often proposed unorthodox ideas, including the establishment of a state space academy and the purchasing of a satellite that would be launched into orbit to provide emergency communications for the state—a proposal similar to one that would indeed be adopted by the state. In 1978, Chicago Tribune columnist Mike Royko nicknamed Brown "Governor Moonbeam" because of the latter idea. The nickname quickly became associated with his quirky politics, which were considered eccentric by some in California and the rest of the nation. In 1992, almost 15 years later, Royko would disavow the nickname, proclaiming Brown to be "just as serious" as any other politician. He also obtained the repeal of the depletion allowance for the state's oil industry thanks in large part to the decisive vote cast in the California State Senate by Republican Robert S. Stevens. Stevens was later rewarded with a major judicial appointment, which he had to rescind after he was accused of making salacious telephone calls as a state senator.
Proposition 13
- See also: California Proposition 13 (1978)
Critics argue that Brown's administration as Governor of California bares partial responsibility for the creation of the economic conditions that prompted state voters to heavily favor the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978. Specifically, he is said to have amassed a large surplus in state coffers instead of cutting taxes, leading to the state's infamous tax rebellion, the Jarvis Gann initiative (Proposition 13) which halted increases in property taxes for both homeowners and corporations that held onto their property.[46] However, even with the passage of Proposition 13, "state spending increased by nearly 120 percent during the Brown years after" it became state law.[47]
Unsuccessful Presidential campaigns
In the course of serving as Governor of California, Brown twice ran for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. The first time was in 1976 when he entered the race very late in the primary season as the focus of the movement shifted to stop the nomination of former Governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter, who many within the Democratic Party felt was unelectable and lacked the record of success needed to garner popular appeal.
Brown touted his record of having supposedly curbed the state's spending and balanced its budget while expanding services in the area of welfare, employment, and consumer and environmental protection, Brown proclaimed his belief that there would soon be a voter backlash against expansive and costly government policies. "This is an era of limits, and we had all better get used to it," he declared. He won major victories in Maryland, Nevada, and his home state of California in the early primary ballot contests. He also garnered the support of a majority of delegates from Louisiana, the only Southern state in the course of the primary campaign to favor either Carter or Governor of Alabama George Wallace. And despite missing the deadline in Oregon, which resulted in him campaigning as a write-in candidate, he finished a strong third behind both Carter and Senator Frank Church of Idaho. In spite of these successes, he was unable to stall Carter's momentum, and his rival was nominated on the first ballot at the 1976 Democratic National Convention. Brown finished a distant third with roughly 300 delegate votes.
Brown ran for president a second time in 1980. Even with the high level of anticipation his candidacy amassed, particularly in light of his re-election victory in the state of California's gubernatorial contest by 1.3 million votes, the largest margin of victory for a candidate in the state's history, his presidential campaign failed to gain any traction. Many believed this was largely due to the more prominent candidacy of Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts and the prestige his family name brought to the campaign.
His promise to, in his words, "Protect the Earth, serve the people, and explore the universe," served as his slogan. The three main planks of his presidential campaign platform included a call for a constitutional convention to ratify the Balanced Budget Amendment, a promise to increase federal funds for the space program, and, in the wake of the 1979 Three Mile Island accident, opposition to nuclear power. Brown also made a number of unconventional proposals as well, such as calling for a sharp increase of federal funding for solar power research, endorsing the idea of mandatory non-military national service for the nation's youth, and promising to support a market-oriented system of universal health care.
Support for his campaign among average American Democrats quickly eroded as more and more members of the what conservative commentators called "fringe," such as Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, and Jesse Jackson, among others, joined his cause. Following his disastrous showing in the New Hampshire primary, in which he able to receive ten percent of the vote, he was forced to announce that his candidacy hinged on a good showing in the Wisconsin primary. An ill-timed attempt at filming a live, special effects-filled, thirty-minute commercial, produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, was a disaster and ultimately doomed his candidacy. He walked away from the campaign having received just twelve percent of the vote in the Wisconsin primary. Despite having entered the race far earlier then his original attempt at the presidential office, his second effort resulted in him having spent $2 million while winning no primaries and receiving only one delegate at the Democratic National Convention.
In the wake of his announcement declaring his candidacy for president on the steps of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, many within both the mainstream news outlets and the Democratic Party itself dismissed his campaign as nothing short of an ego-trip with little, if any, chance of gaining legit support worthy of significance in the primary contest. Ignoring his critics, Brown, correctly gauging the anti-establishment viewpoint of many voters that year, joined Pat Buchanan and Ross Perot who all enjoyed surprisingly successful presidential campaigns. He embarked on an ultra-grassroots campaign - declaring that he would only accept individual campaign contributions of $100 or less - the likes of which would not be seen within the Democratic Party until the early days of Governor of Vermont Howard Dean's ultimately unsuccessful presidential bid.
He made a number of populist-based promises in the midst of the campaign, including calls for term limits for members of Congress, living wage laws, and opposition to free-trade agreements such as NAFTA. Brown joined with economist and former Reagan adviser Arthur Laffer in drafting his tax proposal, which called for the replacement of the progressive income tax with a flat tax and a value added tax, both at a fixed rate of thirteen percent. Despite criticism from his opponents that his policy was regressive, it received the endorsement of major media outlets such as The New York Times, The New Republic, and Forbes.
Faced with a relatively shoe-string campaign budget, Brown bucked conventional advertising practices, choosing instead to use an unusual fundraising techniques, such as a toll-free telephone number that adorned all of his campaign material, and a mixture of alternative media that included cable and radio interviews being used in lieu of traditional television commercials in order to get his message out to voters.
In spite of poor showings in the Iowa caucus, in which he received a mere 1.6 percent of the vote, and the New Hampshire primary, which secured him only eight percent, Brown was soon able to manage narrow victories in Maine, Colorado, Nevada, Alaska, and Vermont. Nonetheless, he continued to be considered a long shot for much of the campaign. It was not until shortly after Super Tuesday, when the Democratic primary field had been narrowed to Brown, former Senator Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts, and frontrunner Governor Bill Clinton, that Brown began to emerge as a serious contender in the eyes of the mainstream media.
Senator Tsongas was forced out of the race on March 17 after Brown received a strong third-place showing in the Illinois primary and then defeated the senator for second place in the Michigan primary by a significant margin. Within one week, Brown had cemented his position as a major threat to Clinton's candidacy when he eked out a narrow win the bitterly-contested Connecticut primary. This, however, was short lived after Clinton pulled out victories in both Wisconsin and New York on April 7.
Although Brown continued to campaign in a number of other states, he won no further primary contests. Despite this, he had secured a sizable number of convention delegates. A big win in his home state of California he believed would deprive Clinton of sufficient support to guarantee the nomination, which would then result in a brokered convention. After nearly a month of intense campaigning and multiple debates between the two candidates, Clinton managed to defeat Brown in this final primary by a margin of 48% to 41%. At the Democratic National Convention, Brown received the votes of 596 delegates on the first ballot, more than any other candidate save for Clinton.
California Secretary of State (1971-1975)
Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees (1969-1971)
Throughout the late-1960s, Brown was active in both state and national politics, organizing migrant workers and anti-Vietnam War groups. In 1969, he ran for his political office position on the then-newly created Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees, which oversaw community colleges in the city. Brown went on to place first in the field of one-hundred twenty-four candidates. The next year, he successfully campaigned to be California Secretary of State.
- See also: State executive official elections, 2014
Brown ran for re-election as Governor of California in 2014. He secured one of two possible nominations in the blanket primary on June 3, 2014.[6] The general election took place November 4, 2014.
|Governor of California, Blanket Primary, 2014
|Vote %
|Jerry Brown Incumbent
|Neel Kashkari
|Tim Donnelly
|Andrew Blount
|Glenn Champ
|Luis Rodriguez
|Peace and Freedom
|Cindy L. Sheehan
|Alma Marie Winston
|Robert Newman
|Akinyemi Agbede
|Richard Aguirre
|"Bo" Bogdan Ambrozewicz
|Janel Hyeshia Buycks
|Rakesh Kumar Christian
|Joe Leicht
|Total Votes
|Election Results California Secretary of State.
General election
|Governor of California
|Jerry Brown * (D)
|Neel Kashkari (R)
|Margin of Error
|Sample Size
|New York Times/CBS News/YouGov
October 16-23
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Primary and hypothetical match-ups
|Governor of California
|Jerry Brown* (D)
|Tim Donnelly (R)
|Neel Kashkari (R) (Not included in Poll 1 or 3)
|Margin of Error
|Sample Size
|Public Policy Institute of California
November 12-19, 2013
|The Field Poll
November 15-December 3, 2014
|Public Policy Institute of California
January 14-21, 2014
|Public Policy Institute of California
March 11-18, 2014
|The Field Poll
March 18-April 5, 2014
|Public Policy Institute of California
April 8-15, 2014
|Public Policy Institute of California
May 8-16, 2014
|Survey USA/KABC/KFSN/KGTV/KPIX
May 16-19, 2014
|USC/LA Times Poll
May 21-28, 2014
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- See also: California gubernatorial election, 2010
Although he filed official paperwork with the Secretary of State Office in late-September 2009 to start an exploratory committee, usually the first step in launching a formal campaign, Brown had yet to make his entry into the state's 2010 gubernatorial contest official as late as February 2010. And in spite of the passage of California Proposition 140, which, among other things, imposes a lifelong ban against anyone seeking the same office once the limits have been reached, Brown's candidacy is not affected on the basis that the amendment does not apply to former governors who served prior to its passage in 1990.
In January 2010, Brown said that whoever is elected, they face a challenging term in office: ""The state is profoundly screwed up, and anybody who thinks they got an idea, I would say, 'Give me a call, I'd like to listen to it.' Because I can tell you we're in for blood, sweat and tears over the next four years no matter who runs."[48]
A Rasmussen poll published in mid-February 2010 showed that in a head-to-head matchup the California gubernatorial contest in November between Brown and the likely Republican nominee, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, would be a virtual dead heat with each candidate garnering forty-three percent. The survey, however, also points out that six percent of those interviewed selected other primary candidates and eight percent were undecided, leaving plenty of opportunity for either major party candidate to take the lead.[49]
On Tuesday, March 2, 2010, Brown finally announced on his website that he was officially entering the 2010 California gubernatorial election contest.[50] Over a month later, Rasmussen, whose survey two months earlier had shown a virtual dead heat between Whitman and Brown, released polling data that placed the State Attorney General with a six-point margin of victory over his likely Republican challenger. However, nine percent of those interviewed chose a different candidate other then Brown and Whitman while another nine percent remained undecided.[51]
|2010 Race for Governor - Democratic Primary[52]
|Vote Percentage
|Democratic Party
|Jerry Brown
|Democratic Party
|Richard William Aguirre
|Democratic Party
|Charles "Chuck" Pineda, Jr.
|Democratic Party
|Vibert Greene
|Democratic Party
|Joe Symmon
|Democratic Party
|Lowell Darling
|Democratic Party
|Peter Schurman
|Total Votes
|2010 Race for Governor - General Election
|Vote Percentage
|Democratic Party
|Jerry Brown
|Republican Party
|Meg Whitman
|American Independent Party
|Chelene Nightengale
|Libertarian Party
|Dale Ogden
|Green Party
|Laura Wells
|Peace and Freedom Party
|Carlos Alvarez
|Total Votes
In the final weeks leading up to the State Attorney General election in 2006, Brown's eligibility as a candidate was questioned by his Republican challenger, Contra Costa County Republican Central Committee chairman and state GOP vice-chair candidate Tom Del Beccaro. Citing California Government Code §12503, which states that "no person shall be eligible to the office of Attorney General unless he shall have been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the state for a period of at least five years immediately preceding his election or appointment to such office," Republican plaintiffs in the case argued that Brown did not meet these basic requirements.[53] Since passing the bar exam in June 1965, "Brown on several occasions over the past four decades failed to renew his membership and was rendered inactive," renewing it just three years prior to entering the state attorney general contest.[54] The case was eventually thrown out after the court acknowledged that although he was ineligible to practice law because of his voluntary 'inactive status' in the State Bar of California from January 1, 1997 to May 1, 2003, he was nevertheless still "admitted to practice."[55]
|2006 Race for Attorney General - Democratic Primary[32]
|Vote Percentage
|Democratic Party
|Jerry Brown
|Democratic Party
|Rocky Delgadillo
|Total Votes
|2006 Race for Attorney General - General Election[33]
|Vote Percentage
|Democratic Party
|Jerry Brown
|Republican Party
|Chuck Poochigian
|Green Party
|Michael S. Wyman
|Libertarian Party
|Kenneth A. Weissman
|Peace and Freedom Party
|Jack Harrison
|Total Votes
Campaign donors
Comprehensive donor information for Brown is available dating back to 2006. Based on available campaign finance records, Brown raised a total of $60,322,312 during that time period. This information was last updated on July 8, 2013.[56]
2006 and 2010
Ballotpedia collects information on campaign donors for each year in which a candidate or incumbent is running for election. The following table offers a breakdown of Jerry Brown's donors each year.[57] Click [show] for more information.
|Jerry Brown's Campaign Contributions
California Governor
California Attorney General
|Total Raised
|Total Raised by Opponents
|$177,983,519 (Rep.)
$64,985 (Amer Ind.)
$30,669 (Green)
$10,675 (Lib.)
|$5,587,587 (Rep.)
$1,238 (Green)
$200 (Peace and Freedom)
|Top 5 contributors
|Brown for Attorney General 2010
|California Democratic Party
|California Democratic Party
|Food and Commercial Workers Region 8 States Council
|District Council of Ironworkers
|California Hospital Association
|California State Council of Service Employees
|In-state donations
|Out-of-state donations
Brown currently resides near downtown Oakland, at the former Sears Roebuck Building, with his wife, Anne Gust, former chief counsel for Gap Inc.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Sacramento Bee, "Gov. Jerry Brown to become the longest serving governor in California history," October 5, 2013
- ↑ Project VoteSmart, "Bio of Jerry Brown," accessed June 23, 2011
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Mercury News, "Brown signs bills at higher rate than predecessors," October 2, 2012
- ↑ Project VoteSmart, "Bio of Jerry Brown," accessed June 23, 2011
- ↑ Project VoteSmart, "Bio of Jerry Brown," accessed June 23, 2011
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 California Secretary of State, "Campaign Finance:Statement of Intention," accessed November 27, 2012
- ↑ The Business Journals, "Governors and jobs: How governors rank for job creation in their states," June 27, 2013
- ↑ The Business Journals, "How state governors rank on their job-growth record," June 27, 2013
- ↑ California's Governor's Budget 2013-14 Proposed Budget Summary, "K thru 12 Education," p. 23, accessed March 11, 2013
- ↑ California Legislative Analyst's Office, "The 2013-14 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget," February 22, 2013, p. 9
- ↑ California Legislative Analyst's Office, "Restructuring California's Adult Education System," December 5, 2012, p. 24
- ↑ California Council for Adult Education, "Legislative Talking Points," accessed March 11, 2013
- ↑ Office of the Governor of California, "Press Releases: Governor Brown Issues Legislative Update," September 25, 2012
- ↑ The Daily Democrat, "New name's a game changer for state agency," October 3, 2012
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- ↑ The American Spectator, "ACORN's Moonbeam" 19 Nov. 2009
- ↑ ACORN "Attorneys General Take Action: Real Leadership in Fighting Foreclosures" June 2008
- ↑ Majority in Mississippi, "Jim Hood Received An "A" From ACORN In 2008" 17 Sept. 2009
- ↑ Citizen Media Law Project - California Recording Law
- ↑ Big Government, "Exclusive: Audio From ACORN Claims Jerry Brown Will Whitewash Investigation" 10 Nov. 2009
- ↑ Maggie's Notebook, "Jerry Brown ACORN: Jerry Brown David Lagstein ACORN Organizer: AG Jerry Brown Find Fault with Videographers?" 10 Nov. 2009
- ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "Jerry Brown Dines With Castro" 29 July, 2000
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 The Daily Beast, "Jerry Brown's Castro Trouble" 5 Oct. 2010
- ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "Jerry Brown Broke the Law on Visit with Fidel" 5 Oct. 2010
- ↑ Washington Post, "Philip Agee, 72; Agent Who Turned Against CIA" 10 Jan. 2008
- ↑ The Guardian, "The spy who stayed out in the cold" 10 Jan. 2007
- ↑ CNN "Former CIA agent attempts to draw U.S. tourists to Cuba over Internet" 25 June, 2000
- ↑ U.S Treasury, Office of Foreign Asset Control, "An Overview of the Cuban Assets Control Regulations" last updated September 3, 2009, accessed October 6, 2010
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "An associate of Jerry Brown calls Meg Whitman a "whore" over pension reform (AUDIO)" 7 Oct. 2010
- ↑ Real Clear Politics, "Jerry Brown Agrees Whitman A "Whore" Over Pension Battle?" 7 Oct. 2010
- ↑ FOX News, "Recording Captures Brown Camp Calling Whitman a 'Whore'" 8 Oct. 2010
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 CA Secretary of State: Vote 2006 - Primary Election Results
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 CA Secretary of State: Vote 2006 - General Election Results
- ↑ CalWatchDog, "Bell tolls for greedy officials" 26 July, 2010
- ↑ The Orange County Register, "Attorney general, CalPERS to probe public salaries, pensions" 23 July, 2010
- ↑ The Orange County Register, "The mystery of Jerry Brown's pension" 13 Aug. 2010
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "AG Jerry Brown, Proposition 8 defender. now seeks ban on same same-sex marriage ban" 19 Dec. 2008
- ↑ Time Magazine, "Jerry Brown Reverses Course on Gay Marriage" 23 Dec. 2008
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Jerry Brown again says Proposition 8 should be struck down" 13 June, 2009
- ↑ Competitive Enterprise Institute, "Issue Analysis: The Nation's Top Ten Worst State Attorneys General" 12 July, 2010
- ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "Jerry Brown accused of caving in to donor" 29 Oct. 2009
- ↑ ABC7 (KGO-TV) "Oakland's Murder Rate Is Soaring" 11 July, 2006
- ↑ Free Republic, "Survey: Oakland has fifth-highest crime rate in country" 25 Nov. 2008
- ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "Killings take big toll on Oakland" 25 Nov. 2002
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "California is last in arts funding — as usual" 12 Feb. 2009
- ↑ YouTube, "Enough is Enough!" 5 April, 2010
- ↑ Fact Check, "Jerry Brown: 'A Legacy of Failure?'" 1 July, 2010
- ↑ Sacramento Bee, "Jerry Brown takes off gloves, dings Gavin Newsom" 28 Jan. 2010
- ↑ Rasmussen Reports, "California Governor: Brown 43%, Whitman 43%" 16 Feb. 2010
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Rasmussen Reports, "California Governor: Brown 44%, Whitman 38%" 21 April, 2010
- ↑ California Secretary of State - 2010 Statewide Primary Election Results
- ↑ Law and Legal Research - California Government Code Section 12503
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Suit Challenges Brown's Eligibility for Top Law Job" 20 Oct. 2006
- ↑ Metropolitan News-Enterprise, "Editorial: GOP Volunteers Disgrace Party by Opposition to Kennard, Suit Against Brown" 23 Oct. 2006
- ↑ Follow the Money, "Career fundraising for Jerry Brown," accessed July 8, 2013
- ↑ Follow the Money.org, "Home," accessed February 17, 2015
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The retail market in Jacksonville is getting a little more crowded as new stores open and familiar ones expand.
Big Lots celebrated the soft opening of its new Jacksonville store, located at 1110 Western Blvd., on Nov. 21.
The new, larger Big Lots replaces its previous location at 1231 Hargett St., which closed Nov. 7.
"We're excited to be opening back up at the new location," said Ashton Creech, store manager. "We've missed the customers and we're excited to unveil the new store."
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Burke's Outlet is another new retailer in the region. It officially opened its doors Nov. 9.
The store, located by Jacksonville's newest Walmart at 571 Yopp Road, offers customers brand name apparel and accessories, as well as home décor items.
"We offer a little bit of everything," said Brenda Johnson, store manager. "Burke's meets the needs of consumers nowadays who are looking for good quality clothes at a reasonable price."
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Carmike Cinemas is finalizing construction on its Patriot 12 Theater, located on Western Boulevardnext to Town Place Suites.
"We're getting very close to opening," said Terrell Mayton, director of marketing for Carmike Cinemas, which projects the theater will open in December.
The Patriot 12 will be the first Carmike Cinema in North Carolinato feature The BigD, Carmike's Large Format Digital Experience, featuring bigger screens, bigger sound and bigger, more luxurious seating providing moviegoers with the ultimate in entertainment experience, Mayton said.
The auditoriums are three stories high and will include wall-to-wall screens measuring 78 feet wide and 35 feet tall, the latest in 7.1 surround sound, digital projection for both 2D and 3D features and high, plush, leather rocking seats.
Mayton says that one of the most frequent questions he's asked is why the decision to bring the Big D experience to Jacksonville.
"We say, why not? We're very excited to bring our BigD, large format to Jacksonville," said Mayton. "Jacksonvilleis a great community and our new theater's location is a prime fast-growing area. People will come to the Patriot 12 and be wowed when they walk in the door."
Mayton also told The Daily News that the name of the theater is a tribute to the patriots who live in the area, including active duty and retired Marines and their spouses.
"The military is a very big part of our customer base and we appreciate them very much," Mayton said. "We have several theaters near military installations all over the United States. They're big moviegoers; we know them and have a connection with them. It was important to us to tie in the uniqueness of our local audience to our new theater's name."
Down from the Patriot 12, located at the intersection of Western and Henderson Drive, LongHorn Steakhouse plans to open a new Jacksonville restaurant in late winter.
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December 2012
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I can't believe it's just twelve more sleeps until Christmas! I've sent you all a Christmas card in the post to thank you all for the hard work you have done so far.
This is the sixth and last week of recording until January so Merry Christmas from Baby Bulb and me.
I've really enjoyed all of the comments and questions I've had this year and look forward to answering more in the New Year.
I do hope you all have a fantastic break and return in January eager to see how your bulbs are doing. If you are concerned that your bulbs may not be safe over Christmas then take them home with you – but remember they must be keep outside in the cold!
The weather has been very cold in places over the last week or so but it is predicted that it will get warmer. Harwell Primary School reported -10 °c last Thursday. Very cold indeed! Can you confirm this is correct?
My favourite Christmas carol is the 'The Holly and the Ivy' because it contains two of our native evergreen plants. The Celts used these plants to celebrate the Winter Solstice and of course they are used by Christians to celebrate Christmas.
If you don't know it, here are the lyrics: http://www.carols.org.uk/the_holly_and_the_ivy.htm
Your questions, my answers:
Greyfriars RC Primary School: We are really enjoying this! Prof.P: So glad to hear it!
DarranPark Primary: There aren't any signs of growth yet. Prof.P: Give it time; you should see something in January.
GlyncollenPrimary School: We have seen a pattern in our temperatures this week. We have also found out a way to stop our rain gauge from falling over. We hope we don't have any snow next week. From Glyncollen year 4 Prof.P: Great to hear you are seeing patterns in your weather data and that you have found a way to stop your rain gauge from falling over. Please let me know how you do it?
BalcurviePrimary School: We have had a lot of ice this week and freezing temperatures. We also had snow over last weekend and on Thursday. Prof.P: I hope it gets warmer for you at the weekend!
St Joseph's Primary School (Penarth): We have noticed how much colder is has got this week. There has been some ice on our plant pots and we feel really sorry for the poor bulbs! Prof.P: Don't worry too much I'm sure they will be fine.
KilmaronSpecialSchool: Records for rainfall on days with negative temperatures may not be correct as the water had frozen and expanded so reading may be higher than actual water collected Prof.P: Thanks for letting me know Kilmaron; I will make a note of it. If it happens again melt it before you measure. Thanks
Ysgol Pencae: It rained cats and dogs on Friday and was milder. Did it rain more in Cardiff? Prof.P: We only had 10mms of rain in Cardiff a quarter of what you recorded!
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Snow has fallen in Ladybank Primary School in Scotland and Nether Kellet Primary School reported frozen rain in their rain gauge! Here in Cardiff too, we have begun to see frost in the mornings.
At this time of the year, birds get very hungry and start to feed on berries. This blackbird began eating the crab apples from the tree at the bottom of my garden. I don't cut the tree back so it becomes a good source of food for the birds in the winter. This is a female black bird - they are brown and don't have yellow beaks – so quite different to the males.
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Sixty five schools sent in weather records this week! Thanks so much to all of you who sent in your recordings.
Your questions, my answers:
TorView Community School: Please accept the above data as being CORRECT for TorView CommunitySchool. The previous 'temperature' details were wrongly submitted in degrees 'Fahrenheit' instead of 'centigrade.' Prof.P: Well spotted! Thanks for letting me know, I will remove the Fahrenheit data from your charts.
Medlar with Wesham CE Primary School: Hi professor plant there has a little bit of rain so we have not had to water them much. They are not growing yet but they are staying healthy. We are being very patient but we just can't wait for them to grow. Prof.P: Good things come to those who wait! It's so nice when the flowers open in the spring. It cheers me up every year!
RogietPrimary School: How are you professor plant? It has been very cold here in Rogiet. Prof.P: I'm good thanks Rogiet, been cold here too, but I'm wrapping up warm. I hope you are too?
Your school: Westwood CP School: When I measure the rainfall on a Monday do I count the rainfall that fell over the weekend too. Or should I empty the contents when I get to school on Monday and measure at our usual time of 2pm? St. Mary's RC Primary School (Lancashire): What happens on Monday when the rain gauge includes Saturdays and Sunday? Prof.P: Hi Westwood & St Mary's! Good question! You should measure the rainfall that fell over the weekend, that way we will know exactly how much rain has fallen that week.
LadybankPrimary School: We think our thermometer is broken because it was snowing today and it read 15 degrees. Prof.P: I will send you a new one immediately. Enjoy the snow! I'm very jealous.
Ysgol Pencae (Conwy): We had lots of rain over the weekend. The weather has got colder. We are measuring our rainfall in ml with a homemade gauge, is this correct? Prof.P: Hi Ysgol Pencae. Great that you have managed to build your own rain gauge! Please could you measure the rainfall in mm rather than ml. Everyone across the country measures in mm so in order to compare we need it in mms. See this video about how to do this. You will be able to convert the mls back into mm by pouting the amounts you measured into your rain gauge and seeing what the mms are. Hope that makes sense. Thanks
Ysgol Capelulo: This week has been really cold and wet. It was very wet on Monday and really cold on Thursday, on Wednesday and Thursday there was no rainfall. This week in Wales it has been very windy. We enjoy taking other people out to help us take the readings. Goodbye. :) Prof.P: Great idea getting others involved, glad you are enjoying!
KilmaronSpecialSchool: We have had to move the location of our rain funnel as one of the pupils in another class was caught emptying it out. It is now hidden behind a bush outside our classroom window. Prof.P: Oh dear, good plan to hide it!
St Joseph's Primary School (Penarth): We have noticed how much the temperature has fallen this week and we are concerned about our poor bulbs getting too cold! Prof.P: Don't worry they will be expecting it to be cold at this time of year.
Greyfriars RC Primary School: One of our pots has been knocked over we are worrying about vandalism. Prof.P: Oh no! If you re-plant them they are often fine. If the vandals are from outside the school perhaps you should think if there is anywhere safer around the school? If they are from in the school you should talk to them.
Your school: Ysgol Porth Y Felin: To PP the plants are fine we have 2 plants that have started to grow and the temperatures are quite close apart from Thursday, when it was very cold. Prof.P: Gosh growing already!
St Mary's CatholicPrimary School: It has been very cold this week; we hope our bulbs are tucked up nice and warm in their pots. Prof.P: I'm sure they will be fine!
Thorneyholme RC Primary School: Yo prof plant hows it rollin'!!!!????? Cute little bulbs are part of our school now. Prof.P: Great to hear they have settled in.
Nether Kellet Primary School: Today the water froze cool as ice!! Prof.P: Brrrrgh! To get the measurement you need to bring it in to defrost to water.
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A steer grazes winter ryegrass grown in East Texas last year. Short hay stocks are likely to make establishing winter pastures critical this year, but agricultural producers will need rain to successfully establish stands, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service expert. (Texas AgriLife Extension Service photo by Dr. Vanessa Corriher.)
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I do have the corn after beans result and got just over 18,000 net bu., 57 test weight, 16.6 avg. moisture. I hope the replant helps it make 180 avg. Also about 10 ac of drowned out corn on the 110 tillable acres. For the first year on new farms, you find the trouble areas.
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A lot of guys are going to be surprised by the yield once they get into the field. We planted one hybrid that is going to out yield all the others by quite a bit. Most of everything else has tip back. The nights were just too hot. Our biggest concern right now is that the husks on the cobs have opened up, but they aren't tipped down and they are collecting a lot of water. We have noticed quite a bit of mold and sprouting on some of the cobs.
Beans in the area have really turned in the last 10 days. I saw one farm taking some early beans. Other than that everyone is getting ready to go.
From what I am seeing there is no way Minnesota will make what USDA is saying for a bean yield. There was just to many disease issues with the beans in this area. I could be wrong. Our plants got really tall, but there was too much space between pods for a top-end yield around here. We have had better.
Most guys are done taking corn silage, some are debating taking a fifth cutting of alfalfa, and most are ready to start high moisture corn and earlage. We are hearing about guys being offered over $300 per acre to rent land next year. And inevitably fertilizer prices are on the rise along with the corn prices. We booked and prepaid all N for next year at $500, but since Aug. 1, it has gone closer to $600. And finally, it has been a banner year for the state bird, the mosquito. There have been so many of them in the last month that a guy can barely stand to be outside once the sun starts to disappear. Frost please hurry up and take care of the things!
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Great thread title. I hope it lasts.
Stare into the eye of the Pelican . . . gooooooood . . .
I thought about posting this below, but maybe it would get lost in the clutter. Merge if you like, but I think it deserves a separate post. It's more about towns and their sports franchises, not simply a name to sell merchandise and get national media all ginned-up.
Leave it up to ESPN to stoke the fire of cynicism towards this town and it's sports teams. The endless highlights of clean, legal hits while talking about how dirty and corrupt our Saints are and always have been, meanwhile 49ers level head shot after head shot with no peep out from the mountain. Then tonight we get a snide little know-it-all talking head saying "in what could be the most jaw-dropping name change in sports history". And then he takes a shot at Mr. Benson's age, as if that makes it a bad decision.
And to read some posts on Hornets Report you would have thought we had rebranded ourselves the Nazis or Lepers. What nonsense.
I always thought Franchise and College nicknames were something that related to the local history and culture. Krewe is fine. Voodoo as well, but both maybe too modern or too MLS. If anyone that objects to the new nickname did a little research you find that "Pelicans" was associated to one New Orleans sports franchise and this city for over 70 years. That's longer than the Knicks have been associated with NY. Longer than the Celtics have been in Boston.
I will save everyone a trip to Wikipedia and Google: The New Orleans Pelicans baseball team played at Pelican Park/Stadium from basically 1887 until 1959. 1887! Heck, The New York Yankees weren't established until 1901. Pelican Park, located on the corner of South Carrollton and Tulane (Burger King today) was home to Shoeless Joe Jackson who won a batting title in 1910.
Re-branding our team "Pelicans" IS a unique part of this city's history. Whether national sports media like it or not.
Again, contrary to the talking heads and Atlanta people, New Orleans has historically been one of the greatest sports towns in the country. Think about it. How many Super Bowls have been played here? How many Final Fours? The Fair Grounds -you know that horse track out in Gentilly is the oldest site of racing in America still in operation. Not Churchill Downs or Saratoga. Some of the greatest boxing events have taken place here from the epic 21 round John L. Sullivan v. Gentleman Jim Corbertt fight in 1892 to the Famous "No Mas" fight and Muhammad Ali regaining his Heayweight title for the second time over Leon Spinks. I am sure I have forgotten something.
So when someone from Bristol, CT mocks the name "Pelican" and the age of the franchises owner, you might want to remind them about the historical connection it has to this city's sports history and how awesome that history has been.
Or maybe if we just acted like Atlanta sports franchises and kept the name of the franchise when it arrived in town (Tri-City/St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks and Boston/Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves) ESPN would have eventually gotten around to calling us New Orleans and not Charlotte. I'd prefer to be a little more unique, take pride in our city's history and maybe be a little bit old-fashion and I am not 87 years old either.
There, I have vented.
Great thread title. I hope it lasts.
Stare into the eye of the Pelican . . . gooooooood . . .
"Aime la vérité, mais pardonne à l'erreur." - François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire)
I can appreciate the time, effort, and message behind this post.
You're clearly one of the better posters on this forum.
Great job. Go Pelicans.
"I'm not going to allow my putative owner to answer that question, this is an NBA related press conference. Paul Tagliabue and Roger Goodell have collectively sung their praises of Tom and if uh ESPN has a problem with that tell Mr. Skipper to call me at my office."
The truth is, when some people, not all, make fun of the Pelicans or Benson or a teams struggles, they are making fun of us.
Good post, I don't think the pelicans name exactly rolls of the tongue, but I'm all for it because of it's history in nola like you mention. And holy **** did that pelican just eat another bird?
Enjoyed it. I went to Pelican Park, once. and it is the state bird. I appreciate the significance as well. rather than just gimmicky sounding alliterations appealing to the lowest common denominator. and the color scheme can work in proper pallate.
We had quite a few interesting conversations as we pondered and navigated the nightly canopy.
Pelicans are funny-looking and monumentally stupid animals. I've been around them; they are like opossums with feathers. Naming a team after them, not surprisingly, means we all have to endure the slings and arrows from the media. Get used to it. Yesterday was the tip of the iceberg.
With purple and pinstripes from days gone by, I trumpet Hugo's name to the NOLA sky. When rebranders and posers abuse their might, beware my power, TEAL LANTERN'S LIGHT!
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I like it.
Btw, there was alot of bashing when OKC came out with their name. I mean, who wants to be a Thunder? But then they went to the Finals once and nobody cares about that name anymore...
To the OP, this was a great post. There needs to be more of these sensible and informed posts.
But I agree with your point MANY people including myself thought the name was a joke. But when they started winning games people stopped caring.
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Colin Cowherd hates it....that's enough for me to be 100% on board.
Great post.
I really can't blame them. I agree with your post. But just I just find this name lacking.
Thanks for the history lesson. I was aware of some but not all that info. Pretty neat.
I am not necessarily for or against the name. I think it definitely parallels the city in one particular way...It is the most unique in the country.
I think it has already begun to grow on me and it will on the others. When the Thunder rolled out their rebrand I laughed and thought it was horrible. Now they are just another normal team name. So Pelicans it is and haters suck it. I personally like that everyone outside of here hates it.
This is a great post Tip-Off!!! I like your argument that we are a great sports town. You could have gone even further by citing the number of professional athletes, especially football and , yes, basketball players this area has, and will continue to produce. I remember someone at ESPN or Yahoo wrote a great article back in '08 during All-Star week, highlighting what a great basketball city that we are. I am tired of outsiders constantly ignoring the amount of great basketball players that have come from here when dissing us as a basketball market. I don't see too many guys from Utah in the NBA, but somehow that is a superior market!? We are a great SPORTS market period! Let everyone else hate on us, because it only adds fuel to our fire.
I feel you guys. I kind of like that the name is associated with something local. I think it makes you take that much more pride in the team. I am not from NO, but have been a Hornets fan forever. I cant say its the name I would have picked, but I dont see myself changng teams because of it. I am thinking it will grows on me, because I aint leaving. And I think there have been name changes in the past that I cant say I thought was the best idea, but now nobody cares. Someone mentioned the Thunder. But also, when the Bullets became the Wizards, I thought that was terrible! (I still do, but I dont dwell on it) I still cant stand the name Raptors. In time I think this back lash will subside.
Thanks Tip nice stuff. I am from the New Orleans area and I did not know the Pelcians went back to 1887 or that Shoeless Joe Jackson played for them. Cool history.
Can i steal this and post this on my FB to shut my retarded friends up? I'll link back to here and give you credit, but if i just post the link, no one will click it.
The New Orleans Pelicans won 10 minor leagues baseball championships. Darn it... Pelicans are winners
granted the last 1 was in 1934 but we're winners
(edit: the info posted above brought to you by wikipedia... so take it for what it's worth)
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