Draper’s latest foray into the political arena is a proposed ballot initiative that, if he garners the required 807,000 signatures, will ask voters in November to do for the Golden State what the 1990s did to Yugoslavia — split California into six states. (This is his second dance. Voters rejected his mandatory school vouchers proposition in 2000.)
Yes. Im pretty sure, because the person would be an external connection, to "self".
The 3rd answer. It develops mystery by suggesting Ezra and his aunt have a complex relationship.
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