Please Save CA Parks!

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

 

I thought this was appropriate for the list since we enjoy veg picnics

in our beautiful state parks.

 

As you know, CA is facing major financial problems. The Governor has

plans to shut down 200 state parks, including Angel Island, Mt. Tam,

and Big Sur! That's 80% of state parks. A committee is considering the

proposal on Tuesday. Please, please, please sign the petition now and

call your legislators on Monday.

 

You might be saying, " Yeah, right, another petition. It won't do any

good. " Parks were on the chopping block last year and thanks to

petitions and phone calls, they stayed open. This time, it's 10 times

worse.

 

Here's the petition: http://ga3.org/campaign/budget_may09

 

Find your legislators here: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html

 

And finally, to find out how bad things really are, I highly recommend

this open source news site: http://www.calitics.com/

 

We're starting a week-long series on the state's budget problems on

June 15. Please let me know if you have any guest or show ideas.

 

Please forward...

 

Thanks,

Rose

 

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[Guest guest]

The State of CA doesn't have the money to keep the parks open. In order for

the government to function they have to cut something. For those who want

their programs to stay open we as citizens should find ways to fund them.

Does anyone want to create a way for people to donate money to the parks?

If we could get enough people in CA to donate money to a " Keep the Parks

Open Fund " we could help in that way.

 

 

 

For this type of project we would need to figure out what the annual cost of

running the parks: cost of rangers, upkeep and maintenance, etc. Then find

a secure way to collect the money and use those funds to pay for the

services needed. If enough people were willing to get together and work on

this project there is a very good chance we could keep the parks open. This

is not to purchase the parks, this is just to help keep them open until the

state of CA has enough funds to keep them open.

 

 

 

Until someone finds a way to get the money to pay for the parks, I cannot

sign a petition. Take my own personal finances for example When my funds

are low, I have to find something that I am willing to go without for a

while until the funds are available, or find a way to make more money to

cover the decrease in my current bank account.

 

 

 

Does anyone want to step up to the plate and help keep the parks open by

getting the funds to cover the cost? Or are we just going to sit back and

say " Please don't cut my program, cut someone else's? "

 

 

 

Don

 

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[Guest guest]

Don and all,

 

you make a good point for the private sector stepping in to support public parks

when the state is unable or unwilling to do so.  the way sacramento is

presenting the current budget case does make it look like a budgetary shell

game.  there is also the case for raising taxes.  unfortunately, with the two

thirds vote needed to pass such things, that has become more difficult.  i

support signing the petition as it will or can show that the public wants the

parks to remain open.  perhaps then, both sides in sacramento will see what we

want funded, as well as other programs' needs and realize that cutting is not

the only option.  how that compromise or deal comes about, i can not visualize,

but with public input, hopefully our representatives in sacramento will realize

that they need to explore other options.  i would also be willing to donate to a

short term private funding of state parks, if that was is required to keep them

open, as i greatly enjoy

visiting them.

 

thanks for a thoughtful alternative idea incase the state is not able to pull

through,

brian

 

--- On Sun, 5/31/09, Don <friends wrote:

 

Don <friends

Re:Please Save CA Parks!

 

Sunday, May 31, 2009, 10:45 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The State of CA doesn't have the money to keep the parks open. In order

for

 

the government to function they have to cut something. For those who want

 

their programs to stay open we as citizens should find ways to fund them.

 

Does anyone want to create a way for people to donate money to the parks?

 

If we could get enough people in CA to donate money to a " Keep the Parks

 

Open Fund " we could help in that way.

 

 

 

For this type of project we would need to figure out what the annual cost of

 

running the parks: cost of rangers, upkeep and maintenance, etc. Then find

 

a secure way to collect the money and use those funds to pay for the

 

services needed. If enough people were willing to get together and work on

 

this project there is a very good chance we could keep the parks open. This

 

is not to purchase the parks, this is just to help keep them open until the

 

state of CA has enough funds to keep them open.

 

 

 

Until someone finds a way to get the money to pay for the parks, I cannot

 

sign a petition. Take my own personal finances for example When my funds

 

are low, I have to find something that I am willing to go without for a

 

while until the funds are available, or find a way to make more money to

 

cover the decrease in my current bank account.

 

 

 

Does anyone want to step up to the plate and help keep the parks open by

 

getting the funds to cover the cost? Or are we just going to sit back and

 

say " Please don't cut my program, cut someone else's? "

 

 

 

Don

 

 

 

I have profiles on these sites:

 

 

 

http://meetme. hotornot. com/r/?emid= BMAUA8

 

 

 

http://www.gay. com/membername/ donnosf

 

 

 

IM is donaldlynne

 

 

 

California Hill Don

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

> As you know, CA is facing major financial problems. The Governor has

> plans to shut down 200 state parks, including Angel Island, Mt. Tam,

> and Big Sur!

 

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