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Darrell V. Imperatrice
Age: 82
Occupation: Retired. Taught school for 35 years.
Hobbies: Playing golf, riding dirt motorcycle in the mountains, fixing things, going to the ocean in our travel trailer.
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Mark Cameron
Age: 73
Home: Fresno since 1956.
Occupation: Certified public accountant. My previous job was teaching for four years at what was then Irwin Junior High.
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EDITORIAL: We like possibilities of open-primary system
The California Republican Party is considering a proposal to bar independent voters from participating in the party's primary elections. The thinking of party leaders is that Republican nominees in partisan elections should be selected by the party's voters and nobody else.
That strikes us as a recipe for being the minority party in California for a long time. Even with the dysfunctional Democrats in the Legislature, the GOP can't cut into the big majority the Democrats hold in both legislative houses.
But the closed primary system could change in California next year, and that could help Republicans, even if they don't want to reach out to a broader constituency.
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Karen Douglas
Age: 63
Occupation: I'm physically disabled but mobile. I was employed by six law enforcement agencies; was an office manager, security supervisor and a self-employed home and business organizer.
Hobbies: Genealogy research, container gardening, crossword puzzles. I'm a voracious reader. Volunteering is my favorite pastime.
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Nicole Parra links budget vote to water bond
SACRAMENTO -- Assembly Member Nicole Parra could once again be in some trouble with fellow Democrats -- this time over a suggestion that she won't vote for the state budget unless lawmakers approve a water bond.
In a recent letter to Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, Parra issues what appears to be a stark ultimatum:
"I simply cannot support a budget without a solution to the Central Valley's water supply," the Hanford lawmaker said in a July 29 letter obtained by The Bee. "A vote on a budget that adequately reflects our state's priorities is only half honest, unless we are simultaneously addressing the issue of water supply."
Age: 86
Occupation: Retired after 50 years; real estate, home building/sales, golf club manufacturing/sales, co-owner/manager retail golf stores in Visalia/Fresno, 1982-1989. Author/publisher softback book, "Off Course Golf ... The Total Story," 1995.
Hobbies: Golf, camping, fishing, reading/writing, "Letters To The Editor," surfing the Internet, dining out.
Bee reader since: 1951, 47-year subscriber while living in Valley.
How many letters: 25 since 2005.
Favorite topics: Politics, human rights (Bill of Rights), any controversial subjects.
Why do you write? To express beliefs in support of or disagreement with articles/letters/opinions in print or television media.
Education: Graduated 1940 from San Leandro High School; graduated 1945 from U.S. Army Air Corp Flight School, Frederick, Okla., as commissioned officer/military aircraft pilot. College equivalent, bachelor's degree.
Family: Married 64 years, one daughter, one son.
Political philosophy: Moderate/liberal Democrat. Believe in two-party system, would consider third-party support if viable and equal competitor. For present system to work, I believe it is usually in our best interests to support one's own party.
-- Compiled by Pam Rowse
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