Has this State always had this much corruption?
In a word, no. It used to be worse, and I ain't talkin' Willie Brown neither.
It was Jesse Unruh who coined the phrase, "Money is the mother's milk of politics," as well as that signature admonition, “If you can’t drink their booze, take their money, f*ck their women and then vote against ’em, you don’t belong in politics.”
Did I mention Southern Pacific land scams? Lake Owens?