Sorry for the tardiness. here are some links:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Yippee! Occidental Petroleum found a bunch of oil<\/a> near Bakersfield. It’s great that the oil companies can get all this stuff from our land and all, how’s about they pay for it?<\/p>\n \u2022 Very, very bad news for the community colleges<\/a>. The amount of money that they had expected had been based on the 2008 budget, but cuts to the budget mean that we don’t draw down all these stimulus dollars. <\/p>\n \u2022 An initiative to legalize marijuana<\/a> has been approved for circulation. If the two East Bay advocates can get it on the ballot, it will be in November 2010.<\/p>\n \u2022 Huzzah! The list of parks to close has apparently been drastically cut<\/a>, and will not be released for a long time. I suppose that memo stating that it would cost more to close them than keep them open made a difference? Or the letters from Republicans who didn’t want parks in their districts closed b\/c of losses due to tourism. To the first point, ya, logic is good. To the Republicans? Vote for a good budget, and you can keep your parks, until then, you’ll like what you get and take it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sorry for the tardiness. here are some links:<\/p>\n \u2022 Yippee! Occidental Petroleum found a bunch of oil<\/a> near Bakersfield. It’s great that the oil companies can get all this stuff from our land and all, how’s about they pay for it?<\/p>\n \u2022 Very, very bad news for the community colleges<\/a>. The amount of money that they had expected had been based on the 2008 budget, but cuts to the budget mean that we don’t draw down all these stimulus dollars. <\/p>\n