B. T. Collins

B. T. Collins

Brien Thomas "B. T." Collins (b. 1941 in New York City, NY; died 1993 in Sacramento, CA) was an American politician from California and a member of the Republican party. A Green Beret Captain during the Vietnam War, he lost his right arm and right leg to a grenade attack in 1967. He attended law school and in 1979 was appointed by then Gov. Jerry Brown as Director of the California Conservation Corp. During this period, the gregarious Collins gained notoriety for drinking a beaker of Malathion to prove if was safe. cite web | last = McKay | first = Darlene | title = B.T. Collins Remembered | work = SacMag.com | date = 2008 | url = http://www.sacmag.com/media/Sacramento-Magazine/June-2008/BT-Collins-Remembered/ | accessdate = 2008-09-28] Although a liberal Democrat, Brown nevertheless appointed the conservative Collins as his chief of staff, a position he held until Brown left office in 1983.cite web | last = Vassar | first = Alex | coauthors = Shane Meyers | title = B.T. Collins, Republican | work = JoinCalifornia.com | date = 2007 | url = http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/5951 | accessdate = 2007-01-25]

Collins served as chief deputy to then GOP state Treasurer Tom Hayes from 1989 until 1991, when then Republican Gov. Pete Wilson appointed him as director of the California Youth Authority. After Sacramento area Republican Tim Leslie won a special election to the state senate, Wilson encouraged Collins to run for Leslie's vacant seat in the California State Assembly.cite web | last = Vassar | first = Alex | coauthors = Shane Meyers | title = B.T. Collins, Republican | work = JoinCalifornia.com | date = 2007 | url = http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/5951 | accessdate = 2007-01-25] Collins won a special election that September for the Sacramento area 5th District against fellow Republican Barbara Alby, and narrowly beat her again in the 1992 GOP primary.cite web | title = Complete Primary Results | work = StateNet Publications | publish date = July 1992 | accessdate = 2008-09-28]

B.T. Collins is known best in Sacramento for his charitable contributions to WEAVE, the city's domestic violence resource & rape crisis center.

Collins died of a sudden heart attack March 19, 1993.

References

1.^ McKay, Darlene (2005). "B.T. Collins Rememebred". SacMag.com. Retrieved on September 28, 2008

2.^ California Journal Vol. XXIII, No.7 (July 1992) "Complete Primary Results". StateNet Publications, July 1992.

3.^ Vassar, Alex; Shane Meyers (2007). "B.T. Collins, Republican". JoinCalifornia.com. Retrieved on September 27, 2008

External links

* [http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/5951 JoinCalifornia] , Election History for the State of California


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