Dick Spotswood is a political writer for the Marin Independent Journal

Marin Independent Journal

The Marin Independent Journal is the main newspaper of Marin County, California. The paper is owned by California Newspapers Partnership which is in turn mostly owned by MediaNews Group.-History:...

, a newspaper based in Marin County, California, USA.
He is an advocate of a unicameral state legislature, to be accomplished by combining the Assembly and State Senate of California into one house having 120 members.

Biography

Dick Spotswood is the politics and government columnist for the Marin Independent Journal

Marin Independent Journal

The Marin Independent Journal is the main newspaper of Marin County, California. The paper is owned by California Newspapers Partnership which is in turn mostly owned by MediaNews Group.-History:...

. He is the senior political correspondent for KRCB

KRCB

KRCB is a Sonoma County Public television station, broadcasting on UHF Channel 23, and public radio station, broadcasting at 91.1 MHz FM.-Television:KRCB first went on the air December 2, 1983, with a broadcast of the PBS show NOVA...

-Television (PBS, Channel 22 in Rohnert Park) and has been part of KRCB’s award winning national and state election coverage for the past sixteen years.

A San Francisco native, Dick is a graduate of the University of San Francisco

University of San Francisco

The University of San Francisco , is a private, Jesuit/Catholic university located in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1855, USF was established as the first university in San Francisco. It is the second oldest institution for higher learning in California and the tenth-oldest university of...

 and its School of Law. He is a personal injury attorney with the law firm of Jacobs, Spotswood & Casper.

Spotswood is a former council member (1980-1992) and three-term Mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

 of the City of Mill Valley. He served for ten years (1982-1992) as a Director of the Golden Gate Bridge

Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1, the structure links the city of San Francisco, on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula, to...

, Highway & Transportation District representing Marin’s eleven cities and towns. In 1992-1993 he served as chair of the Doyle Drive Commission and previously served on the 101 Corridor Committee. In government, his speciality was transportation issues.

Dick Spotswood is the former president of the Rotary Club of Mill Valley, Mountain Play

Mountain Play

The Mountain Play Association is a 5013 organization responsible for the production of theatrical events at the Sidney B. Cushing Amphitheatre on Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California. The stone amphitheatre, named for the owner of the railroad company which constructed the Mount Tamalpais...

 Association, Marin Forum and College of Marin

College of Marin

The College of Marin is a community college in Marin County, California, U.S., with two campuses, one in Kentfield, and the second in Novato. It is the only institution operated by the Marin Community College District. Its chief executive officer is currently Superintendent/President David Wain...

 Foundation. In the political spectrum, Spotswood is a registered independent and he has been described as a "militant centrist" which is the name of his blog on marinij.com.

He is a former board member of the California Planning & Conservation League and is currently the secretary of the California Railroad Passengers Association.

Personal

Dick Spotswood married Joanne Peterson Spotswood in November, 1973 in San Francisco, CA. The have two adult children, Beth Spotswood

Beth Spotswood

Beth Spotswood is a writer, blogger and video host, best known for her weekly Culture Blog on the San Francisco Chronicle's SFGate.com-Biography:...

, a popular San Francisco online columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Chronicle

thumb|right|upright|The Chronicle Building following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] and fireThe San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, but distributed throughout Northern and Central California,...

 and video host and Alex Spotswood, a production assistant on Lucasfilm

Lucasfilm

Lucasfilm Limited is an American film production company founded by George Lucas in 1971, based in San Francisco, California. Lucas is the company's current chairman and CEO, and Micheline Chau is the president and COO....

 Animation's Clone Wars

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)

-Production:At April 2005's Star Wars Celebration III, Lucas stated that "we are working on a 3-D continuation of the pilot series that was on the Cartoon Network; we probably won't start that project for another year." In July 2005, pre-production had begun on the series, according to Steve...

.