Bobbie Franklin:  

I really didn't graduate like I was supposed to in 1975 but I did get my GED many years later. The Jr. High School I went to Andrew Carnegie and I didn't like my birth name because I was named after my dad, so I used my baptismal name which is ROBERTA, so most of you will probably know me as Robbie or Roberta, the priest who baptized me insisted on using ROBERTA because that is the feminine of Robert or Bobby and Bobbie, it was a Spanish church (Our Lady of Guadalupe Church) and he barely spoke English. Sorry I meant to add that and I know its a lot to write but being that my friends have for years tried to find "BLONDE ROOTS" on me for being ditzy this is ME! LOL! I worked for the state soon thereafter off and on Seasonal and/or Temporary jobs. Then finally in 1986 I started working for the California Department of Insurance permanently. In 1991 when we had our first elected Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, I applied to work in his office and become a member of the executive office staff. He is a great man and wonderful boss. He ran for Governor in 93, we lost and he left to work for President Clinton. I still volunteered for him off and on and got to meet people I never would have met had it not been for h...Expand for more