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	Boarding up California's beaches

Lexica

9-2-2009 1:08 PM

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california, budget, beaches, government, politics

Lexica says:

Once again, the Chronicle/SFGate's lack of diacritical marks causes trouble. The beach is Año Nuevo, not Ano Nuevo.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7d9dab64-8c4d-4447-8f16-4961ee0e1693/8B1AC1CB-C3D9-4D83-87AB-5F9F01F002F6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/richmond/detail?entry_id=46083" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/richmond/detail?entry_id=46083" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sfgate.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/richmond/detail?entry_id=46083">when Schwarzenegger threatened to close 220 of California's 279 state parks--including a number of beaches--in an effort to downsize the $24 billion deficit, a lot of folks around here thought it was just a zany political scare tactic. Close the beaches? In California? Impossible.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/richmond/detail?entry_id=46083">100 parks are slated to close after Labor Day.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/richmond/detail?entry_id=46083">preliminary lists include popular Pacifica and Half Moon Bay, as well as the lesser-traveled Montara State Beach, Bean Hollow, and Ano Nuevo</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/richmond/detail?entry_id=46083"><P>
   Not long ago, the Legislature could have saved the parks. One proposed solution--a $15 surtax on vehicle registrations--was shot down by Republicans. Because, you know, we love our parks and all, but not enough to, gasp, <EM>raise taxes</EM>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/richmond/detail?entry_id=46083"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sfgate.com/img/4F166F42-0CB5-4E7D-AC46-971EEE5ACE55" alt="Montara is one of several Bay Area beaches that will likely close after Labor Day." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/richmond/detail?entry_id=46083"><P>I'm as law-abiding as they come, but when the beaches close, I'll still be out at Montara with my son, building sandcastles in the shadows of those gigantic cliffs. Of course, I'll be keeping an eye out for the governor; if he wants to step on Oscar's sandcastle, he'll have to go through me. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8B1AC1CB-C3D9-4D83-87AB-5F9F01F002F6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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