Arnold Schwarzenegger has dumped his plan to close 48 state parks. The Sacramento Bee reports: Backpedaling from his earlier plan, the Republican governor will not seek to close 48 state parks, ask for early release of 22,000 inmates or give…
Daily Archives: May 13, 2008
Overdue blog shout-outs
by tom • May 13, 2008 • 1 Comment
The first goes out to Brittney Gilbert and her Eye On Blogs blog at KPIX, CBS-5. She has dozens of Bay Area blogs to choose from and has thoughtfully concluded that all those TV news-watching couch potatoes need tips on…
Wow, somebody reads my column
by tom • May 13, 2008 • 1 Comment
A heartening e-mail arrived in my Mercury News inbox yesterday: A woman who volunteers at the David C. Daniels Nature Center told me she likes to fill in on Mother’s Day because it’s a quiet shift without many visitors. Well,…