state parks closing 7-1-11

here we go again
http://smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?type=wnews&title=Officials%20propose%20closing%20state%20parks&id=158832

No kidding......this state is so messed up! I have high hopes for Jerry Brown.....High hopes...we will see. In the mean time we are still in an economic slump, gas prices are high, and now this....
Uh, vacation at home for a lotta folks this year I guess.

Limekiln again... And how the heck do they "close" Garrapata on the sea-side?

From the State parks website on May 13 2011

Attachment 1
California State Parks
Park Closures to Meet 2011/12-2012/13 General Fund Reductions
Anderson Marsh SHP
Annadel SP
Antelope Valley Indian Museum
Austin Creek SRA
Bale Grist Mill SHP
Benbow Lake SRA
Benicia Capitol SHP
Benicia SRA
Bidwell Mansion SHP
Bothe-Napa Valley SP
Brannan Island SRA
California Mining & Mineral Museum
Candlestick Point SRA
Castle Crags SP
Castle Rock SP
China Camp SP
Colusa-Sacramento River SRA
Del Norte Coast Redwoods SP
Fort Humboldt SHP
Fort Tejon SHP
Garrapata SP
George J. Hatfield SRA
Governor's Mansion SHP
Gray Whale Cove SB
Greenwood SB
Grizzly Creek Redwoods SP
Hendy Woods SP
Henry W. Coe SP
Jack London SHP
Jug Handle SNR
Leland Stanford Mansion SHP
Limekiln SP
Los Encinos SHP
Malakoff Diggins SHP
Manchester SP
McConnell SRA
McGrath SB
Mono Lake Tufa SNR
Morro Strand SB
Moss Landing SB
Olompali SHP
Palomar Mountain SP
Petaluma Adobe SHP
Picacho SRA
Pio Pico SHP
Plumas-Eureka SP
Point Cabrillo Light Station
Portola Redwoods SP
Providence Mountains SRA
Railtown 1897 SHP
Russian Gulch SP
Saddleback Butte SP
Salton Sea SRA
Samuel P. Taylor SP
San Pasqual Battlefield SHP
Santa Cruz Mission SHP
Santa Susana Pass SHP
Shasta SHP
South Yuba River SP
Standish-Hickey SRA
Sugarloaf Ridge SP
Tomales Bay SP
Tule Elk SNR
Turlock Lake SRA
Twin Lakes SB
Weaverville Joss House SHP
Westport-Union Landing SB
William B. Ide Adobe SHP
Woodson Bridge SRA
Zmudowski SB
Total Park Closures: 70

Total crap..............

...in the paper, they mentioned that there can be volunteers stepping up.  i'm sure they planned that if they close a few major ones, that the public would step up and save the state more monies(to waste on themselves elsewhere)

At this point I have no confidence in the state to handle money. That's saying a lot since I work for them. I hate the idea of State parks closing, but I feel like if I give them 10$ they can only get $.50 out of it. The waste in this state is LUDICROUS! (see 90+ page fishing regs book with a supplemental printed less than 4 months later....)