But former coaches and teammates said that biography, repeated again and again through interviews and glossy magazine profiles and coverage of his 2021 baseball-themed children’s book on overcoming dyslexia, has inflated Newsom’s baseball credentials, giving the impression that he was a more accomplished player than he was.
Most notably, Newsom never played an official game for Santa Clara University; he was a junior varsity recruit who played only during the fall tryouts his freshman and sophomore years, then left the baseball program before the regular season began. He does not appear on the Broncos’ all-time roster or in media guides published by the athletic department to preview the upcoming season.
One needs to wonder what it says about the Newsom belief system that they were a couple for so long. He must share more of her views than he acknowledges!
The loving couple. She might yet be a first lady if…. 🙁
This article is informative but is hardly authoritative. It is sad that the Dems present no candidates who can meet the needs of these challenging times!
Ignored by seemingly everybody is that inexpensive inter-city service is what is needed as is reasonable fares on any completed bullet train. Will it ever even be completed? There is a lot protest about it from the landowners involved.
Likely because he feels that they might come to haunt him when he inevitably runs for president (and hopefully loses).
There is the veto of aid to destitute seniors who do not have documentation. Controversial in that the right wing might attack it.
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation late Sunday night that would have made undocumented seniors eligible for California’s cash assistance program. The bill, authored by Assemblyman Juan Carrillo, D-Palmdale, would have provided $1,100 to $1,900 per month to undocumented individuals who are blind, disabled or older than 65. Currently, California’s Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI) is limited to people with eligible immigration status. The measure overwhelmingly passed the Legislature last month.
Then there is the veto of the sensible bill to provide free condoms to high school seniors. Again, the right might inflame hyesteria. Newsom, being none too intellectual himself, vetoed this bill.
The bill would have required all public schools that have grades nine through 12 to make condoms available for free to all students. It would have required public schools with grades seven through 12 to allow condoms to be made available as part of educational or public health programs.
The excuse was that the expense was too high. Yet, there were funds for electrifying buses.
Then there was the ban against decriminalizing psychedelics. There is no doubt the Scott Wiener is doing this so that corporations can profit through extract sales, but this is also a controversial move.
“I’m really hoping the robots take over sooner rather than later and give us increased safety,” Assemblymember Laura Friedman (D-Glendale), who chairs the body’s transportation committee, said during floor debate. Despite documented issues like vehicles stopping unexpectedly and blocking fire trucks, Friedman said, “DMV continues to issue permits for them to keep operating — I believe for profit reasons rather than public safety reasons.”
Do we see campaign contribution considerations involved here?
