Looking at California, and the mess it's in budget-wise and otherwise, I'm wondering if anyone could save it.
What would the POD have to be for California to be at least moderately well-run, without a ridiculous deficit, etc.? Is there anyone who could have beaten Gray Davis in 2002 and done this? he was hugely unpopular, but was the writing already on the wall as far as Calirfornia's decline?
When developing something with some friends I let a fictional character (born after the POD, so it was okay - if you're really curious you can read below the dotted line) win for the Republicans in 2002, and build a consensus.
But, was California already too far gone?
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The "Full House" Chronology" was originally developed to explain things in between scenes and episodes, and before and after the series. However, fans wanted to keep California running as smoothly as it was in the late '80s/early '90s, and an area that was, while not conservative, at least moderate. There was concern on the part of a number of fans that California grew so liberal, and freedoms such as homeschooling were being abrogated enough in some areas, that the moderate to conservative Tanners wouldn't like it there and might move to Nebraska otherwise. As an Australian friend wrote in a PM once, "The Tanners would be opposed to discrimination against anyone. That includes conservative views, as well as liberal.")
So, a guest on "Wake Up, San Francisco" was used - Bo McIntyre. Mentioned in an early 1990 episode as being 30, an ex-quarterback (for USC, we figured, in a national title year), and a neurosurgeon (could mean in residency) it was figured McIntyre would mention his desire to one day enter politics as a guest on the local talk show, and could, with a weakened field, be in the Governor's Mansion by 2002. he's pursue a moderate policy that stressed "common sense" and defeting the forces of political correctness, etc.. Since characters on "Full House" would be born before he was born, it is logical to presume that McIntyre could exist in the universe.
However, my question is in OTl, not a similr universe to OTL with a McIntyre character.
What would the POD have to be for California to be at least moderately well-run, without a ridiculous deficit, etc.? Is there anyone who could have beaten Gray Davis in 2002 and done this? he was hugely unpopular, but was the writing already on the wall as far as Calirfornia's decline?
When developing something with some friends I let a fictional character (born after the POD, so it was okay - if you're really curious you can read below the dotted line) win for the Republicans in 2002, and build a consensus.
But, was California already too far gone?
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The "Full House" Chronology" was originally developed to explain things in between scenes and episodes, and before and after the series. However, fans wanted to keep California running as smoothly as it was in the late '80s/early '90s, and an area that was, while not conservative, at least moderate. There was concern on the part of a number of fans that California grew so liberal, and freedoms such as homeschooling were being abrogated enough in some areas, that the moderate to conservative Tanners wouldn't like it there and might move to Nebraska otherwise. As an Australian friend wrote in a PM once, "The Tanners would be opposed to discrimination against anyone. That includes conservative views, as well as liberal.")
So, a guest on "Wake Up, San Francisco" was used - Bo McIntyre. Mentioned in an early 1990 episode as being 30, an ex-quarterback (for USC, we figured, in a national title year), and a neurosurgeon (could mean in residency) it was figured McIntyre would mention his desire to one day enter politics as a guest on the local talk show, and could, with a weakened field, be in the Governor's Mansion by 2002. he's pursue a moderate policy that stressed "common sense" and defeting the forces of political correctness, etc.. Since characters on "Full House" would be born before he was born, it is logical to presume that McIntyre could exist in the universe.
However, my question is in OTl, not a similr universe to OTL with a McIntyre character.