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  • Today's Quotefall Puzzle by George Deukmejian

    09/18/2019 7:46:28 AM PDT · by GOP Congress · 1 replies
    Self-Published | 9/18/2019 | Self-Published
    Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by George Deukmejian. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. George Deukmejian was the last conservative governor of California, whose tenure mirrored the Reagan presidency. Until Reagan's ill-fated decision to provide amnesty for illegals, California was the symbol of the ultimate in the American Dream. All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidental spoilers. Please refrain from disclosing the full answer in comments to prevent spoilers.To solve the puzzle: Enter the letters in...
  • George Deukmejian dead at 89, public safety and law-and-order dominated two-term governor's agenda

    05/09/2018 1:12:45 PM PDT · by MarvinStinson · 48 replies
    latimes ^ | MAY 08, 2018 | CLAUDIA LUTHER AND RICHARD C. PADDOCK
    George Deukmejian, a perennially popular two-term Republican governor of California who built his career on fighting crime, hardening the state's criminal-justice stance and shoring up its leaky finances, died Tuesday. He was 89. Deukmejian, who was elected governor in 1982 and 1986, died at his home in Long Beach, according to a statement from his family. During his many years of public service, including 16 years as a state legislator and four as state attorney general, Deukmejian sponsored the successful "use a gun, go to prison" bill, oversaw development of a workfare program for welfare recipients and negotiated with the...