[Occupymendocino] Fwd: [MCN-Announce]- State Parks on KZYX -- Friday, August 10, at 9 AM

[Linda Jupiter]

This looks like a good Occupy show.
Linda


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> From: "John" <sako4 at comcast.net>
> Date: August 8, 2012 12:47:47 PM PDT
> To: <announce at lists.mcn.org>
> Subject: [MCN-Announce]- State Parks on KZYX -- Friday, August 10,  
> at 9 AM
> Reply-To: John <sako4 at comcast.net>
>
> * * * FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE * * *
>
> "All About Money" returns to KZYX, on Friday, August 10, at 9 AM,  
> with a special edition show on the financial scandal at our state  
> parks system. Our guests will be State Senator Noreen Evans, and  
> Caryl Hart, a California State Parks Commissioner, who was recently  
> appointed as the Director of the Sonoma County Regional Parks. We  
> hope to be joined in the studio by Kathy Bailey of Save Hendy Woods.  
> We also hope to be joined in the studio by a representative from the  
> Mendocino Area Parks Association.
>
> Although Californians are pleased to hear the Governor Brown's  
> recent comments indicating he agrees that the $54 million of  
> "secret" park funds that somehow eluded audit should be used for the  
> purposes for which they were intended - to support state parks,  
> state government has a lot more work to do to restore public trust  
> and confidence.Our elected officials must ensure that these park  
> funds go to support parks at risk of closure, and to bolster the  
> generosity of the donors, nonprofits, and grassroots community  
> organizations, who have all stepped up in a big way to save our  
> parks during the last year.
>
> The devil is in the details, of course -- the details of how best to  
> leverage the generosity and community effort of the last months.
>
> Assemblymember Jared Huffman, Chair of the Committee on Water,  
> Parks, and Wildlife, recently tried to answer that question. About  
> leveraging that generosity and community effort, he said, "Options  
> include providing some kind of state match for major contributions  
> from donors and nonprofits in support of parks at risk of closure or  
> significant service reductions.  We know the state also has some  
> critical deferred maintenance needs in parks where public safety is  
> an issue.
>
> Huffman continued, "The Governor is correct that these one-time  
> funds alone are not enough to close the large funding gap that  
> exists for state parks, but they will certainly help.  Parks  
> definitely need the continued support and involvement of the public  
> and local communities.  We also should ensure that we have the  
> accounting systems, transparency, and checks and balances in place  
> at the state level to ensure this can't happen again.  That's why  
> I've joined my colleagues in calling for an independent state audit."
>
> Meanwhile, Senator Evans's office tells us, "The Joint Legislative  
> Audit Committee (JLAC) has a hearing on state parks is Wednesday,  
> August 8, so we should be more fodder on the topic of audits. Also,  
> Senator Evans may be working on a bill to introduce this session  
> that would give more oversight authority to the Parks Commission."
>
> Our broadcast is heard at 88.1, 90.7, and 91.5 FM. We also stream  
> live from the web at www.kzyx.org.
>
> We will take a few listener calls during the second half of our  
> show. Call-in number : 895-2448.
>
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