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Howard Jarvis

Howard Jarvis (September 22, 1903 - August 11, 1986) was an American politician.

Jarvis was born in Magna, Utah, and died in Los Angeles, California. In Utah he had some political involvement working with his father's campaigns and his own. His father was a state supreme court judge and, unlike Jarvis, a member of the Democratic Party. Howard Jarvis was active in the Republican Party and also ran small town newspapers. Although raised Mormon he smoked cigars and drank vodka as an adult. He moved to California in the 1930s due to a suggestion by Earl Warren. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,919744-2,00.html Maniac or Messiah? - "Time" ] ]

Jarvis was a Republican primary candidate for the U.S. Senate in California in 1962, but the nomination and the election went to the liberal Republican Thomas Kuchel. Subsequently he ran several times for Mayor of Los Angeles on an anti-tax platform and gained a reputation as a harsh critic of government. He went on to lead the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and spearheaded Proposition 13, the California property tax-cutting initiative passed in 1978 which slashed property taxes by fifty-seven percent and initiated a national tax revolt.

Regarding the motives of Jarvis in promoting Proposition 13 and the role its passage had in rent control subsequently being enacted in most large cities in California, Greg Katz has written: "There was little doubt from his rhetoric that Howard Jarvis, who penned Prop. 13 with his on-again-off-again political ally Paul Gann, hated taxes of all kinds. But his intentions were, at best, turbid; Jarvis was at the time employed by the Los Angeles Apartment Owners Association as a lobbyist. In a fundraising letter to the landlords that employed him, he claimed, “We are the biggest losers” if Prop. 13 fails. (Not to mention: The Yes on 13 headquarters were located in a Los Angeles Apartment Owners Association office.) He tried to persuade renters to vote for Prop. 13 by saying it would drive down rents, by decreasing the property taxes that landlords paid. Post-13 news reports found rents weren’t going down, despite Jarvis’s promises – apparently landlords were just pocketing their property tax savings. That revelation prompted many of the rent controls still in effect around California." [ [http://www.lacitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/the_crushing_blow_of_howard_jarvis/6623/ The Crushing Blow of Howard Jarvis, "Los Angeles CityBeat" Jan. 23, 2008] ] San Francisco comminity activist Calvin Welch has stated “Jarvis was the father of rent control." [ [http://www.sfaa.org/0406forbes.html The Birth of Rent Control in San Francisco, "San Francisco Apartment Magazine" June 1999] ]

In 1980 he had a cameo appearance in the film "Airplane!", playing an incredibly patient taxicab passenger. This was an "inside joke" that people outside California were probably unaware of since Jarvis, a champion of fiscal responsibility, spent the entire movie sitting in an empty cab waiting for the driver to return, with the meter running all the while. Jarvis had the final line in the movie, which he said after the end credits. Still sitting in the cab with the fare at $113 and still rising, he looks at his watch and says "Well, I'll give him another twenty minutes, but that's it!"

During a public speaking event, Jarvis was hit in the face with a pie, to which he responded, "That doesn't bother me a damn bit."

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7473 Howard Jarvis at Find-A-Grave] Howard Jarvis was hit with a pie at a speaking event in Portland Oregon. His tax initiative in Oregon went down to defeat shortly after that.

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Источник: Howard Jarvis

John Oates

Infobox Musical artist
Name = John Oates


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Origin = New York, New York U.S.
Instrument = Vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar
Genre = Blue-eyed soul
Pop rock
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Years_active = 1967–present
Label = Atlantic Records
RCA Records
Epic Records
Arista Records
U-Watch Records
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URL = [http://www.hallandoates.com/ www.hallandoates.com]
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John William Oates (born April 7, 1949 in New York) is an American musician and producer best known as the mustachioed half of the successful rock and soul duo Hall & Oates.

Background

John Oates was raised in North Wales, PA, and attended North Penn High School in suburban Philadelphia. He is married to Aimee Oates, and his son Tanner John Oates was born on June 19, 1996. John Oates is of Italian descent on his mother's side and Spanish-Moorish on his father's side.

In about 1972 he and Daryl Hall formed the duo Hall & Oates. Since the formation of this partnership, Hall & Oates have gone on to record 21 albums which have sold over 80 million units worldwide, making them arguably the most successful duo in pop/rock history. They have scored 10 number one records, over 20 top 40 hits and have toured the world for decades. Their involvement in the original “Live Aid” concert and the ground breaking “We Are The World” charity recording have further established them as legendary artists who have personally and through their music, stood the test of time. Their influence on modern pop music has been cited by numerous contemporary bands, like the Gym Class Heroes and the Killers, who have credited and acknowledged H&O’s considerable contribution to American music.

Despite 30 years as a chart-topping performer and sought after producer, John did not release a solo album until 2002's "Phunk Shui".

Oates took part, along with Jamie Cullum, in the song "Greatest Mistake" by Handsome Boy Modeling School. The song appears on the 2004 album "White People".

John has recently been invited to become a member of the board of directors for the R&B Foundation and continues to support many national and local charities.

He has just finished recording his second solo album entitled: “1000 Miles of Life” in Nashville featuring a collection of musicians.Fact|date=July 2008 The album is due for a Fall 2008 release.Fact|date=July 2008

As reported by Billboard, John Oates will be starring in an animated series called J.Stache created by Evan Duby at Primary Wave Music Publishing. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003821770]

Releases

* "Phunk Shui" (CD that was released multiple times, each adding bonus tracks)

* "" (DVD and bonus live CD)

* "John Oates Solo - The Album, The Concert" (DualDisc: CD side of "Phunk Shui" (14 track version), DVD side "Live at the Historic Wheeler Opera House") (bonus live CD that came with the original above the DVD is not included) (2006)

External links

* [http://www.johnoates.com Official John Oates website]
* [http://www.hallandoates.com Official website of Hall & Oates]
* [http://www.myspace.com/johnoatesmusic John Oates on MySpace]
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Источник: John Oates

Neil Taylor

Источник: Neil Taylor