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In reply to the discussion: California parks director resigns amid scandal [View all]AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)7. I wonder what the governor will do with that surplus cash
Lets hope he uses some of it for California infrastructure.
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hypothesis: once parks aren't used or kept up, they're "surplus" state properties that can be sold
wordpix
Jul 2012
#37
Betcha Coleman and her second are RWers who deliberately sabotaged parks finances.
kestrel91316
Jul 2012
#3
Bingo. Read this whistleblower interview about a coverup that goes to the top:
Liberty Belle
Jul 2012
#34
Then I'm baffled. Somebody is either incompetent or doing some internal sabotage.
kestrel91316
Jul 2012
#16
Well we have a hell of a lot of parks, and they are suffering years of neglect.
kestrel91316
Jul 2012
#18
It was supposed to operate the parks in the 1st place and should be used that way
CreekDog
Jul 2012
#19
I imagine the money discovery is the 54 million, there isn't some separate pot of interest
CreekDog
Jul 2012
#22
No, the whole system for the California State Parks has been in chaos for years ...
bayareaboy
Jul 2012
#41