06-03-2010, 04:08 PM
Location: Oxygen Ln. AZ
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Well it was in truth $50 to move the bush, the rest went to the displaced homeless guy.
06-03-2010, 04:19 PM
Location: The Republic of Texas
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Originally Posted by
Redrover
Wouldn't you think some garden club lady (or guy) could dig up this shrub and haul it to its new home for transplantation? Once again California swats at flies with a sledgehammer.
They are so stupid!
They actually paid someone, for something that someone would have paid them to do. They got out of line, when brains were being handed out.
06-04-2010, 12:23 PM
Location: San Diego, CA
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Originally Posted by
the mean fish
It's stories like this that remind me why I don't feel one bit sorry for the people of California and their budget problems.
Why? Because they spent a lot of money trying to comply with the Federal Endangered species act? The culprit here is the Federal law. Why not think a little before you cast blame or is that asking too much?
06-04-2010, 01:03 PM
Location: Beautiful Upstate NY!
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Why so much???? If someone wanted to remove bush...an $11.99 Gillette Fusion razor should suffice!
Besides...8-inch bush removal should be a fairly common event in SF!
06-04-2010, 01:49 PM
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Why couldn't they build the road around it? How terrible they displaced that poor bush!
06-04-2010, 01:58 PM
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The great state of California at work for you...........
Other Waste, Fraud & Mismanagement Highlights
– 2009
Doctors Employed by Santa Clara County Taking Major Junkets at Taxpayers' Expense (December '09)
CSU Official Receives $152,441 For Excessive Travel, High-End Dining Expenses and More (December '09)
San Jose Community College Chancellor Gets Huge Benefits as Class Offerings Shrink (December '09)
Santa Clara City Attorney Gets $242,000 With Resignation (November '09)
State Spent Millions on Vehicles That Sit Unused (October '09)
Santa Clara County Pays $500,000 for Withholding Public Records (October '09)
State Wasted $8 Million on Late Fees (October '09)
UC Berkeley Spends $3 million to Learn How to Stop Spending (October '09)
San Jose Giving Low-Income Home Loans to Top City Officials (September '09)
State Auditor Slams Department of Corrections Spending (September '09)
Despite Budget Problems, State Universities Approve Paid Sabbaticals for Professors (September '09)
Some Teachers Get Pay Raises While Colleagues Get Laid Off (August '09)
Fresno Pays $11,000 to Guard Vacant Homeless Camp (August '09)
Half Moon Bay Commits to $16.4 Million in Bonds With No Vote of the People (July '09)
State-Funded Non-Profit Hands Out Generous Bonuses (July '09)
State Pays $335,000 Settlement for Carole Migden's Motoring Mishap (July '09)
Contra Costa County Slush Fund Pays for Executive Perks (June '09)
Vallejo Officials Get Generous, Retroactive Raises While City Is in Bankruptcy (June 09)
While Seeking State Bailout, Half Moon Bay Officials Approve Raises for City Executives (June '09)
Despite Deficit, Sacramento County Sheriff's Deputies May Get Raises (June '09)
Santa Clara County Wasting $7.5 Million on Vehicle Fleet (June '09)
Chula Vista Closes Offices to the Public to "Save Money," but Employees Still Come to Work (May '09)
Voting Officials in Santa Cruz Make $5 Billion Error (May '09)
Sacramento Bee Chastises UC for Lavish Spending
Los Angeles School District Pays Teachers Not to Teach (May '09)
School District Paid $720,000 for Pizza Machine, Then Took Pizza Off School Menu (May '09)
San Diego City Agency Spending Millions Without Budget Approval (April '09)
San Jose Paying Big Bucks to Employees (April '09)
State Department of Corrections Paid $1.3 Million to Fired Employees (April '09)
Problems With Sacramento's Child Protective Services Led to Four Deaths (March '09)
Sacramento City Council Staff Prepares Bogus Report to Support Fee Hike (March '09)
Oakland Officials' Dispute Over Parking Space Leads to Legal Opinion From City Attorney (March '09)
Provision Authorizing Extra Pay for L.A. Judges Is Slipped Into Budget (March '09)
Riverside County Officials Discuss Dire Finances, Then Buy Expensive Vehicles With Taxpayers' Money (February '09)
Local Governments Spend Millions on Sacramento Lobbying (February '09)
Fresno's Accounting Errors Led to $34 Million in Overpayments to Schools (February '09)
Kern County Taxpayers Paying Part of Teachers' Union President's Salary (January '09)
State Gives Free Hotel Rooms, Cable TV and Breakfast to Paroled Sex Offenders ((January '09)
Avocado Commission Misused as Much as $2 Million, Audit Finds (January '09)
Orange County Managers Take $4.4 Million in Cash Perk (January '09)
06-04-2010, 01:59 PM
329 posts, read
202,288 times
Reputation: 66
The great state of California at work for you...........
Other Waste, Fraud & Mismanagement Highlights
– 2009
Doctors Employed by Santa Clara County Taking Major Junkets at Taxpayers' Expense (December '09)
CSU Official Receives $152,441 For Excessive Travel, High-End Dining Expenses and More (December '09)
San Jose Community College Chancellor Gets Huge Benefits as Class Offerings Shrink (December '09)
Santa Clara City Attorney Gets $242,000 With Resignation (November '09)
State Spent Millions on Vehicles That Sit Unused (October '09)
Santa Clara County Pays $500,000 for Withholding Public Records (October '09)
State Wasted $8 Million on Late Fees (October '09)
UC Berkeley Spends $3 million to Learn How to Stop Spending (October '09)
San Jose Giving Low-Income Home Loans to Top City Officials (September '09)
State Auditor Slams Department of Corrections Spending (September '09)
Despite Budget Problems, State Universities Approve Paid Sabbaticals for Professors (September '09)
Some Teachers Get Pay Raises While Colleagues Get Laid Off (August '09)
Fresno Pays $11,000 to Guard Vacant Homeless Camp (August '09)
Half Moon Bay Commits to $16.4 Million in Bonds With No Vote of the People (July '09)
State-Funded Non-Profit Hands Out Generous Bonuses (July '09)
State Pays $335,000 Settlement for Carole Migden's Motoring Mishap (July '09)
Contra Costa County Slush Fund Pays for Executive Perks (June '09)
Vallejo Officials Get Generous, Retroactive Raises While City Is in Bankruptcy (June 09)
While Seeking State Bailout, Half Moon Bay Officials Approve Raises for City Executives (June '09)
Despite Deficit, Sacramento County Sheriff's Deputies May Get Raises (June '09)
Santa Clara County Wasting $7.5 Million on Vehicle Fleet (June '09)
Chula Vista Closes Offices to the Public to "Save Money," but Employees Still Come to Work (May '09)
Voting Officials in Santa Cruz Make $5 Billion Error (May '09)
Sacramento Bee Chastises UC for Lavish Spending
Los Angeles School District Pays Teachers Not to Teach (May '09)
School District Paid $720,000 for Pizza Machine, Then Took Pizza Off School Menu (May '09)
San Diego City Agency Spending Millions Without Budget Approval (April '09)
San Jose Paying Big Bucks to Employees (April '09)
State Department of Corrections Paid $1.3 Million to Fired Employees (April '09)
Problems With Sacramento's Child Protective Services Led to Four Deaths (March '09)
Sacramento City Council Staff Prepares Bogus Report to Support Fee Hike (March '09)
Oakland Officials' Dispute Over Parking Space Leads to Legal Opinion From City Attorney (March '09)
Provision Authorizing Extra Pay for L.A. Judges Is Slipped Into Budget (March '09)
Riverside County Officials Discuss Dire Finances, Then Buy Expensive Vehicles With Taxpayers' Money (February '09)
Local Governments Spend Millions on Sacramento Lobbying (February '09)
Fresno's Accounting Errors Led to $34 Million in Overpayments to Schools (February '09)
Kern County Taxpayers Paying Part of Teachers' Union President's Salary (January '09)
State Gives Free Hotel Rooms, Cable TV and Breakfast to Paroled Sex Offenders ((January '09)
Avocado Commission Misused as Much as $2 Million, Audit Finds (January '09)
Orange County Managers Take $4.4 Million in Cash Perk (January '09)
06-04-2010, 02:01 PM
Location: Great State of Texas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
Oerdin
Why? Because they spent a lot of money trying to comply with the Federal Endangered species act? The culprit here is the Federal law. Why not think a little before you cast blame or is that asking too much?
As someone else posted..a garden club would have done it for free and probably would have even taken care of it post relocating it.
06-04-2010, 02:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
Oerdin
Why? Because they spent a lot of money trying to comply with the Federal Endangered species act? The culprit here is the Federal law. Why not think a little before you cast blame or is that asking too much?
No because they come up with ways to waste tax dollars that other people simply can't even imagine. I know they had to move it, they didn't have to spend a 1/10th of that.
06-04-2010, 02:12 PM
Location: San Francisco, CA
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This is truly ridiculous. And I live in San Francisco. The finances are in the crapper, budgets are being slashed, people are being laid off, real services are being denied to people who truly do need them...and they're paying $175K to move a shrub less than a mile away?
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