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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCalifornia to see its first openly gay governor, if only for a few hours
The Washington Post reports:
The state this week is cycling through four Democratic governors as official after official leaves for scheduled travel. Gov. Jerry Brown is on a trade mission in Mexico. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom filled in for a bit, but is on the East Coast for a Special Olympics event. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg took the reins, but he has plans to leave the state for Chicago on Wednesday.
For the roughly eight to nine hours before Brown returns on Wednesday night, Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins will be acting governorthe first openly gay governor in Californias history
The state this week is cycling through four Democratic governors as official after official leaves for scheduled travel. Gov. Jerry Brown is on a trade mission in Mexico. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom filled in for a bit, but is on the East Coast for a Special Olympics event. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg took the reins, but he has plans to leave the state for Chicago on Wednesday.
For the roughly eight to nine hours before Brown returns on Wednesday night, Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins will be acting governorthe first openly gay governor in Californias history
Atkins is the first out lesbian to serve as Assembly Speaker in California, and only the second openly LGBT person to serve in that capacity. She succeeded Perez in May, who was the first openly gay lawmaker to hold the post.
http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2014/07/calif-to-see-its-first-openly-gay-governor-if-only-for-a-few-hours/
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California to see its first openly gay governor, if only for a few hours (Original Post)
William769
Jul 2014
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greatauntoftriplets
(175,698 posts)1. Good luck to Ms. Atkins in her term, however brief.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)2. Coup! Um, I mean Cool!
William769
(55,124 posts)3. Good one.