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feb. 5, 2007
sierra madre
because itâ€™s celebrating its centennial this month, i paid a visit to sierra madre and while savoring a cinnamon dolce latte at the local starbucks, watched the sun set on a historic union 76 ball. a perfect fusion of two projects.
and hereâ€™s sierra madreâ€™s old north church, with the artillery piece in the park across the street. note the problem i encountered with lighting. architectural photography is surely not my forte.
now for the business at hand. iâ€™ve often thought that with a century of lawmaking under its belt, the state legislature might want to take the afternoon off. after all, with more than a century of making laws, whatâ€™s left to regulate?
the times provides a tidy answer to my question. here’s what the legislature was wrestling with 100 years ago:
· the senate unanimously passes a ban on docking horsesâ€™ tails and prohibits anyone from bringing horses with docked tails into the state. those who own horses with docked tails would have to register them with the local county officials.
· the senate passes a bill authorizing the governor to declare â€œbud and arbor day.â€
· the senate passes a bill setting dairy standards and a bill to keep the polls open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
· a committee urges the senate to pass sen. blackâ€™s tax exemption bill for all the buildings at stanford as well as the bonds the university holds in trust.
· sen. wolfe introduces a bill making all robberies committed with a deadly weapon between sunset and sunrise punishable by death or life in prison.
· assemblyman grove l. johnson introduces a â€œno seat, no fareâ€ bill providing that railroad passengers who cannot find a seat need not pay. the bill would include streetcars.
· assemblyman johnson introduces a bill requiring firearms dealers to keep records of gun buyersâ€™ names and addresses.
· the assembly passes a bill by the late assemblyman burke making it illegal to spit on sidewalks or in trains, cars and other public conveyances.
· sen. sanford introduces a bill seeking to restrict corporate donations to political campaigns. iâ€™m so glad the senate wrapped that up 100 years ago so it can get on to more pressing matters.
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I counted 13 "€"s in that text.
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