Royko came to regret what he later called a throwaway line and publicly disavowed it. He did so because Brown had earned his admiration. I not only renounced it, I denounced it, rejected and declared it unfair, inappropriate and outdated. He eschewed many of the trappings of office. Instead of a limousine, he walked to work or drove around in, yes, a pale blue Plymouth Satellite.
The American Conservative said the young governor was more of a fiscal conservative than his predecessor, Ronald Reagan. Brown favored a balanced budget amendment. He opposed the property tax-cutting Proposition 13, but how he responded to its passage earned him praise from Howard Jarvis, the crusty author of the landmark initiative. The wisdom and financing behind the more recent high-speed rail and twin-tunnel water projects have been widely questioned.
His gas-tax increase is the target of a November referendum. In his first two terms, Brown was known for a lot more than his fiscal dexterity. He worked to advance the rights of minorities, women and gays along with pushing environmental protection policies, including the creation of one of the first-ever tax incentives for rooftop solar panels.
Those once-cutting-edge concepts, like launching satellites, are now commonplace. Brown was a three-time presidential candidate who also ran for U. He returned to politics and became the head of the California Democratic Party, then mayor of Oakland, state attorney general and governor.
He may be the best thing the so-out-of-power Republicans have in Sacramento, as he keeps a check on some spending proposals by fellow Democrats. He continues to mix politics and philosophy, but he comes off as more of a pragmatic crusader than an eccentric one. In December , he honed his message at a gathering of the American Geophysical Union. They called me Gov. Moonbeam because of that. And if Trump turns off the satellites, California will launch its own damn satellite!
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Courts U. That never happened, but Brown doesn't seem to mind. He's embraced it, giving it yet another meaning -- this one all his own. Being called Governor Moonbeam means he's "creative and not hidebound to the status quo," Brown said after recent Republican references to the nickname. Skip to content. Democrats 7 hours ago. Back to Article. Close Menu. Search for:.
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