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Family man or deadbeat dad? NICK JESSON: Starkly different portraits emerge of a candidate for governor with Inland ties. BY MICHELLE DeARMOND THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE Nick Jesson says he was radical when he was younger, but says, "People do change." His ex-wife remembers the rare child support payments usually made in pennies, dimes and nickels "because he thought it was cute." His son recalls being forced to split a meal at Sizzler with his younger sister because their father said money was tight. On the drive back, the father stopped and promised a roadside vendor that he would return and buy ...

Dear Fellow Citizens: After receiving numerous calls and requests for me to run for President of our great United States of America, I have decided to officially declare my intention to do so. As you know, a tremendous obstacle for me in this past primary race for Governor of California was the unfair exclusionary tactics of the media and our Republican Party to prevent me from participating in the major debates. However, as a result of Ralph Nader’s lawsuit claiming the very same unfair tactics concerning the debates, legitimate candidates can no longer be excluded from the debates in the...