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Roberta "Bobbie" Dooley is President of the homeowners association at Western Estates. She is also PTO president. Her full name is Roberta Dumphy Dooley. She lives with her husband Steve, and their two sons, Seth and Justin. Bobbie's son Dylan was tragically killed in a car accident.
Bobbie graduated from USC, where she met her husband. She has variously described herself as being in the "Top 5" or "Top" of her graduating class. She was President of the USC "Yell Team".
Bobbie Dooley was also a successful singer in the 70s under the stage name Yvonne Eleman
Bobbie often struggles with race issues. A common plotline in her appearances is an attempt on her part to show special concern for a race or group of people in a way that reveals an underlying bigotry on her part that she will strenuously deny. For instance, she thinks that African-Americans are extremely formal and always go by their formal names, while European-Americans are casual. As a result, in order to promote Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Western Estates, she renamed it "Marty King's Birthday". She is also very suspicious of Japanese influences in the cultural items her sons observe, particularly the "japanimation" cartoons they watch. However, she has also remarked "there isn't a racist bone in my body."
Bobbie once had to fire her hispanic maid. Bobbie had gotten her nails done, and they were still wet when she used the toilet. Rather than ruin her nails, she asked her maid to come in and wipe her rear end so she could change into a $2000 gown for a charity function. When she refused, Bobbie fired her without severance pay because that's standard for "those people."
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