Today I am pleased to offer this guest editorial from longtime FR friend State Senator Jeff Denham…
As we begin the 2009-2010 legislative session, the time is long overdue to take action to eliminate the colossal state budget deficit.
One important step in solving the state’s budget crisis is to eliminate wasteful resources and look for potential opportunities to create new revenue without raising taxes.
One significant opportunity is to sell the 432 acres of pristine California land that houses San Quentin State Prison. This state property sits on a prime bay front section of Marin County and has the potential to provide the state with substantial revenue.
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December 17th, 2008 at 12:00 am
It is foolish selling real property assets to fund socialist endeavors….property sales should be used to pay off bonds…long term for long term…no quick fixes…
In total, admirable effort by the Republicans on solving the budget problems….
It is incredible that we have a governor with no leadership skills, political capital or personal trust to nail this budget down….
December 17th, 2008 at 12:00 am
I hope it’s a Republican who spends his money buying acreage in the vain hope that he can obtain rezoning and permitting from the politicians of Marin County.
Sen. Denham should review the sad history of Hamilton Airforce base before spending the “profits”
the state would garner from converting San Quentin into yet another wetlands restoration project.