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Parrish for treasurer He promises to reduce interest payments, issue state bonds and challenge Wall Street. Two qualified men with strong Long Beach ties are running for state treasurer in the Nov. 7 election. We met with Bill Lockyer, the Democratic state attorney general, who lives in Belmont Shore, and Claude Parrish, a Republican who keeps his state Board of Equalization office on Broadway and Pine Avenue downtown. We liked both men and found ourselves wishing that term limits weren't eliminating their current jobs, which we view as appropriate to their respective skill sets. But since the position of treasurer...

Nearly six in 10 likely voters can identify Attorney General Bill Lockyer, the Democrat with more than three decades in California politics. As the state's top law enforcement official, Lockyer is constantly in the news. He recently filed a lawsuit alleging that car makers are causing too much smog. In a high-profile move last year, he put the names and addresses of all the state's registered sex offenders online. But that's not the only advantage Lockyer has as the Democratic candidate for state treasurer in the November election. The same August Field Poll that measured his name recognition also found...

A $37-billion package of proposed public works bonds that has strong bipartisan support in Sacramento is in some peril among voters, along with ballot measures dealing with alternative energy and a cigarette tax, according to a new Los Angeles Times poll. The vast majority of likely voters knew too little about the infrastructure bonds — backed by both Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic legislators — to express an opinion. After poll respondents were read a ballot summary of each measure, none of the items generated much enthusiasm. Only two eked out a bare majority: those on housing and disaster...

Lockyer, Parrish vie for treasurer WINNER TO BE INVESTOR-IN-CHIEF By George Avalos MediaNews The major-party candidates for state treasurer recognize the challenges that come with being California's investor in chief -- a job often regarded as nothing more than a financial and economic soapbox. State Attorney General Bill Lockyer, a Democrat, and state Board of Equalization board member Claude Parrish, a Republican, are among a handful of candidates vying for a post whose occupant can get the ear of Wall Street, which for years has scrutinized California's financial health and mammoth government operations. (SNIP) The two candidates disagree about the...