Wednesday, June 01, 2005

I Hardly Know Where to Start - TOO Much Happening

The link above is to the front page of the Los Angeles Times - it's a good place to start.

First and foremost, today's SoCal disaster: The houses that fell down in Laguna Beach. Imagine, 1,000+ people evacuated. My sympathies are with these homeowners.

Funny thing about Laguna Beach... It's a beautiful, wonderful place some call part of the California Riviera. At the very same time this is not the first time houses have slid off those hills, likely it won't be the last. Also, in the '90s, a large section of the town burned down (my doc lost his house in that wildfire). As is often true in California, it's about risking hell to live in heaven.

Second, from an article in the Times, this is something that should have been done around here a long time ago:
"Democrats Propose Income Tax Hikes" -
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-budget1jun01,0,6959503.story?coll=la-home-local
Why shouldn't the very wealthy kick in a little more? How much can you keep cutting, and how big do you grow the already-giant deficit? (Now, to get rid of Proposition 13!)

Now, on the lighter side, much lighter side:

The Grunion are runnin'! As they do every year about this time, covering our beaches in order to mate:
http://www.latimes.com/features/outdoors/la-os-grunion31may31,0,4485501.story?coll=la-home-outdoors

Also, I sure did enjoy watching the "kite surfers" (for lack of a more accurate name) when I went to the beach last weekend. These "kite surfers" essentially hang onto a big kite, which then sends them surfing across the water. It was windy last weekend - these guys were going as fast as water skiiers behind a motor boat. They created a big white wake and were "catching air." A lifeguard jeep pulled up to the shoreline, watching them, wondering if/when they were about to drown, I suppose. I Goggled an image of it - a picture speaks 1K words, right? http://torus.math.uiuc.edu/jms/Photos/03/JulO/img217.jpeg And, it is called kitesurfing!

Next, a couple of words about our illegal immigration issues, then back to work.

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