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  • Tom McClintock - Assembly Bill 134 - Bond Package - Senate Floor Debate - March 11, 2006

    04/13/2006 9:14:53 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 15 replies · 252+ views
    California Senate website ^ | 3/11/06 | Tom McClintock
    Mr. President: Let me begin by placing these bonds in perspective, and since Pat Brown’s administration is being looked back upon with nostalgia by politicians in both parties, let’s compare his program to the one now before us. We all agree that from 1959 to 1967, Pat Brown presided over the most breathtaking period of public works construction in California’s history. During those years, we built the finest highway system in the world, one of the largest water projects in history, and the foremost university system in the country. At a time when the population grew twice as fast as...