Today I skipped my usual walk at the local waterfront park. It is a beautiful day and it would have been a nice walk but it is a circus and the usually quiet location. Two days ago when I was walking there the small lot I usually park in was closed so I just parked in the Marina lot next door. That lot had a sign saying it would be closed the next day so I just figured the crew was doing the yearly maintenance, repainting parking slots, etc. But 10 guys? It's usually 2.
So as I was going on my walk I passed a guy who told me the "governor is going to be here" to which I replied "great I'll come down and yell at him." As I was walking away the guy yelled back at me "but the governor is a great guy" to which I replied "only in the movies." Ahnuld is here today to open a new bridge nearby and the park is a where it is being commemorated and named after our Congressman George Miller who really is a great guy. So the place is a mess and someone at Starbuck's this morning told me they were over by the new bridge and there were like thousands of cars waiting to cross. Good, the new bridge which will be north bound lanes will get rid of those Friday afternoon backups on 680 as Kalifornians rush out of town to wreck creation or more likely these days to lose a lot of money at the Indian casinos. And where do they get money to lose nowadays? They must be gambling on their LOCs. I don't need to go yell at him though as I'm sure there will be quite a throng doing so. The son-of-a-Nazi struck a $55 million program to help mentally ill homeless from the California budget while allowing a $45 million tax break to yacht owners. Sort of mixed up priorities, eh? Though I'm sure Shemp will probably justify it in his warped trickled down mind. We seem to have the bad terminator running things and need the good one to come back in time and fix things. Either that or put a bunch of bun hoppers next to the state capitol. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mental25aug25,1,2707677.story
