Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category

Update on Proposed California State Parks Closures

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

A few days ago, I wrote about Governor Schwarzenegger's proposal to close 220 of California's state parks in a cost-cutting move to address the state's budget gap.  Here's an update on the situation...yesterday, the California Budget Conference Committee voted to approve an alternative measure to this action that would purportedly keep all California ...

Save Our State Parks (SOS)

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

Here we go again.... California Govenor Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed closing 220 of 279 state parks for at least two full years due to the state's budget crisis.  He joins other state legislators who have proposed similiar measures this year, including Washington and Illinois.   While I appreciate the significant fiscal challenges faced ...