In my first year as governor, we solved some of the problems that had begun to undermine the Open Records Act. We gave the act teeth by providing criminal penalties for knowing violations.
People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
Herb Alpert, Musician (1935) |
Alejandro Amenabar, Director (1972) |
Dennis Cardoza, Politician (1959) |
William Daniels, Actor (1927) |
Rene Descartes, Mathematician (1596) |
Edward Fitzgerald, Poet (1809) |
Robert Hamer, Director (1911) |
John Jakes, Writer (1932) |
Jack Johnson, Athlete (1878) |
Shirley Jones, Actress (1933) |
Bella Abzug, Lawyer (1998) |
Eugenie Anderson, Diplomat (1997) |
Enid Bagnold, Author (1981) |
John C. Calhoun, Statesman (1850) |
Tim Flock, Celebrity (1998) |
Brandon Lee, Actor (1993) |