Fort Ross Still In Bad Shape
Anthony Pignataro:
Back in June Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a deal with the mysterious Russian Renova Group of Companies to take over control — and provide financing — for Fort Ross State Park. Because “Operating hours have been reduced at the partk as a result of the state’s fiscal crisis,” the deal was, as Arnold put it, “to increase the services at Fort Ross at no cost to taxpayers.”
Well, guess what: according to this new public notice, the state’s continuing, ongoing budget crisis means operating hours at Fort Ross have, once again, been slashed to virtually nothing. Starting Dec. 1 and going through June 30, 2011, the park will only be open on weekends.
No wonder no one at the Parks Department would ever tell me who first came up with the Renova deal…
NOV. 18, 2010
Related Articles
CA Sierra Club rips energy source that’s cut emissions: natural gas
July 8, 2013 By Chris Reed A visit to the California Sierra Club’s priorities page illustrates one of the funniest
Are voters ready to approve two massive tax hikes in 2020?
Because voters approved Proposition 13 in 1978 — the ballot initiative that capped property tax hikes at 2 percent per year
Revolutionary pension game-changer, or bigger pension problems?
July 10, 2013 By Katy Grimes There is a potentially revolutionary way of restructuring public pensions being floated by U.S.
