9jan2012 update: "511" did not work last week when i called. And it did not work this Monday morning when i called about traffic over 17N, with a woman in a grey van who ran out of gas!, in the fast lane!,natch, and no one stopped for 20 minutes to help her get to the wide dirt shoulder or call "911". 20 minutes!! What the he-ll !! Finally 2 good Samaritans stopped traffic and got her to roll down the hill onto the right shoulder. 20 minutes, dames. Wish women would remember to fill up their gas tanks,, and put air in their tires,,, once in a week or so. "This service is no longer available." But now, "511", Traffic Status, it works,again.
(old part-rant)It only shows how politically and morally and financially bankrupt California is(dvd 'Enron' if you have been sleeping in class or too busy to know what happened to Ca. and is now happening to the USA).
We have a good honest hard working Governor, but even a minority of Republicans in the State Legislature are stopping progress, just like in Congress on the national level.
It must be one party rule in this next election, 2012. That is our only hope,,, for Progressives, and Liberals, and the Financially Responsible, and for any that are not Rich. If the voting public elects more Republicans out of more frustration like they did in 2008, it will only mean more gridlock and problem avoidance, with the USA slipping further and further into poverty for most, less factories and jobs for most, and less affordable housing for most.
