Fix First 5 – now: For years, Democrats in the Legislature have resisted efforts led by Sen. Dave Cox, R-Fair Oaks, to fix Proposition 10, a 1998 initiative that imposed a 50-cent-per-pack tax on cigarettes, primarily to fund programs helping children under 5.
Look to Jefferson: Three months after taking office in 1801, President Thomas Jefferson rebuffed Tripoli's demand that the fledgling United States pay $225,000 in ransom to end pirate attacks against American merchant vessels off the North African coast.