Government
At the county level, Big Sur is represented on the Monterey County Board of Supervisors by Supervisor Dave Potter . In the California State Assembly, Big Sur is represented by Bill Monning as part of the 27th Assembly district. In the State Senate, Big Sur is represented by Sam Blakeslee as part of the 15th State Senate district. In the U.S. House of Representatives, Big Sur is part of California's 17th congressional district, represented by Sam Farr.
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Famous quotes containing the word government:
“The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can’t return even if it wants to.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)
“Sure the people are stupid: the human race is stupid. Sure Congress is an inefficient instrument of government. But the people are not stupid enough to abandon representative government for any other kind, including government by the guy who knows.”
—Bernard Devoto (1897–1955)
“No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)