Yes, i have written my local state representative (and he happens to be a neighbor and friend) and he has started to call me consituent, rather than tom.
we have gotten into grabbing another couple and going to lost dutchman state park for a bbq on evenings. take someone new each time and we love it. it is about 20 min from our house. it lost $9k dollars last year and took in 250k dollars and brings $4m dollars in revenue to surrounding business's.
it is crazy to close state parks.
they will fall into disrepar and then cost more to fix up than to keep running.
hopefully the cities they are near will take them over.
arizona state budget is in incredibly bad shape. i am on the state ecomomic development commission and get regular briefings....it is pretty bad.
the state thought construction would go on forever at the fantastic growth rate it was and budgeted that way.
tom
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