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The ‘Other’ Howard

While New Yorker Howard Rich has emerged as the chief financier of anti-takings ballot initiatives in the West, the California effort also has received substantial support from Howard Fieldstead Ahmanson, Jr., a wealthy Christian fundamentalist who lives in Orange County. According to records filed with the California Secretary of State, Ahmanson’s Fieldstead & Company gave […]

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