Lots to say today
Here's a start, and there'll be more later.
I don't live in CA anymore, but I still follow what goes on there because California has over 10% of the population of the US. It is (to the best of my knowledge) the single richest state in the nation, and has a HUGE influence in all kinds of ways.
The special elections yesterday sent a signficant message, although I think it's too soon to entirely determine the content of that message. However, this line struck me so profoundly I thought I'd share it with y'all:
"[Schwarzenegger] should be embarrassed to be the governor of a state where a city library named after John Steinbeck has to power down its computers and refer its patrons to the Kinko's downtown."
This is from an LA Times editorial by Patt Morrison, reflecting on the fact that some of the most significant measures in this election were entirely eclipsed (not to mention overspent!) by Ah-nuld's political scrapping. This dusty little town is going to have to CLOSE EVERY PUBLIC LIBRARY if its citizens don't approve a half-cent sales tax to keep them open even part-time! Even 1/10th of the money spent on the stupid *campaign* would have funded those libraries for years to come.
One hates to be melodramatic...but WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?!?
I don't live in CA anymore, but I still follow what goes on there because California has over 10% of the population of the US. It is (to the best of my knowledge) the single richest state in the nation, and has a HUGE influence in all kinds of ways.
The special elections yesterday sent a signficant message, although I think it's too soon to entirely determine the content of that message. However, this line struck me so profoundly I thought I'd share it with y'all:
"[Schwarzenegger] should be embarrassed to be the governor of a state where a city library named after John Steinbeck has to power down its computers and refer its patrons to the Kinko's downtown."
This is from an LA Times editorial by Patt Morrison, reflecting on the fact that some of the most significant measures in this election were entirely eclipsed (not to mention overspent!) by Ah-nuld's political scrapping. This dusty little town is going to have to CLOSE EVERY PUBLIC LIBRARY if its citizens don't approve a half-cent sales tax to keep them open even part-time! Even 1/10th of the money spent on the stupid *campaign* would have funded those libraries for years to come.
One hates to be melodramatic...but WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?!?