🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <3591@labsline.win.net>,
PAT SHEAFFER <pat_sheaffer@labsline.win.net> wrote:
>	Is anyone following the problem with the County's funding
>that Pete started last year?  Last year the County officials
>met with us and said that Pete's Plan would force them to close
>parks, libraries, medical centers, paramedics, firestations, sheriff
>stations, lifeguards, etc.   In fact, there were several lawsuits
>filed by the counties' of CA against that antic by Pete.  Imagine 
>that, the Counties suing the state!

Yikes.  I'm no fan of Pete Wilson.  I don't plan to vote for him.  But this is
an incredibly simplistic analysis of the situation.  You can't get blood from
a turnip.  You've got to cut somewhere.  In case you haven't noticed, this
state has been seriously hurting for a while.  Now we can all come up with
reasons why that's true, and maybe some of that is Wilson's fault; maybe not.
But to imply that Wilson single-handedly destroyed all that is good and perfect
in California is absolutely absurd.  

By the way, Pasadena voted to keep the libraries open by attaching a small
increase to property taxes.  Money well spent, in my opinion.  Instead of 
blaming Pete or the legislature, maybe more cities should be doing something
similar.
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