Examples: first, Muirwoods National Monument is remodeling the gift shop and snack stand and changing the Concessionaire business. In the old, 'government is the problem', regressive Republican-ruthless rule days it would be expected that the public would be left out of the loop and not told much or shown much.
But now with this monumental change to an African-American President,,,and Democrat and the era of "change" and a return to progress and progressive ideas, the National Park Service and it's head, Mr. Salazar , did not seem to get that news release. We still do not have even an artist's drawing to show the changes,,,and info on the change from what business to what business w/ description. We are still treated like boobs, suckers ,,,and kept in the dark.
Another example: Back in the recent dark ages since Nixon and Reagan, you got the medical care you could pay for. Period. Screw medical liability, even in California you only have a year and according to lawyers in that trade 'little or no chance'. And "standards of care" is just something archaic and non-essential in these days of scummy insurance companies and p/e ratios.
So what about nowadays, are there any signs of progressive change, is the federal government running on more than one cylinder still, and does the AMA and the Surgeon General of the U.S. have a big section on "Standard of Care" here in the god-forsaken U.S.A. ? Nope.
With the U.S. Congress still bought and paid for by the bank and other scurrilous corporate lobbyists, did we rationally ever really have a reason to hope?
Third: The 'self supporting and independent' U.S.P.S , not the old incompetent USPO i use to work for, says that they are doing away with the rolls of plastic postage-paid mailers to recycle ink jet cartridges,,,because it isn't profitable enough,,,not that it is good for the Environment. All those fat bonuses for the USPS execs and none of those fatheads can see the necessity of little small good ideas like these formerly available and free, plastic rolls of mailers to keep ink jet cartridges out of the landfills.
Fourth: The NPS is still charging $300 for every 31-27 seat bus coming into Yosemite ,even if only with a driver and ONE PASSENGER. It was in the 80s $5/car and highway 41 in the park needs to be repaved, just like back in the bad bad bad old days. They are taking donations in front of Muirwoods visitor center and Yosemite visitor center, that they will tell you go the D.C. not just the park. $20/car entrance fee nowadays to keep most of the working poor away from the Ahwahnee Hotel. Any chance such basic maintenance , besides the fluff, will get done ? Nope. Someone should fire that idiot "hanging (federal) judge" there who just got reprimanded for decorating his court room with a noose.
God save us from the bureauocrats ,,,and the lobbyist-bought Congress !!
