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Berkeley and the Marines
Liz:
KharBevNor:
--- Quote from: jhocking on 14 Feb 2008, 07:13 ---Are you trolling today?
--- End quote ---
Your mother trolls every day IRL.
Because she is a troll.
KharBevNor:
Interesting tidbit gathered from Snopes:
"On 6 February 2008, six Republican senators introduced companion bills called the Semper Fi Act of 2008. Said act seeks to strip Berkeley of $2.3 million earmarked for it in the 2008 Omnibus Appropriations bill (for school lunches, Bay ferry service, disability organizations, UC Berkeley, and public safety) and give it to the Marine Corps. Similarly, California Assemblyman Guy Houston has announced he will introduce legislation that will strip Berkeley of its transportation funding until it rescinds its anti-military resolution, a move that could cost Berkeley $2.3 million in state funding over the next two years."
What do you guys think of this?
öde:
What shitdicks!
ruyi:
comment from some dude in the uc berkeley lj community: (not putting it as a quote because small italics are irritating to read)
Snagged at: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,327466,00.html
The $2 million of federal funding to be taken away breaks down like so:
* $975,000 for the University of California at Berkeley, for the Matsui Center for Politics and Public Service, which may include establishing an endowment, and for cataloguing the papers of Congressman Robert Matsui.
Located at a state public school that happens to be co-located with the City of Berkeley. If this were the University of California El Cerrito, or UC Oakland, this funding wouldn't be withdrawn.
* $750,000 for the Berkeley/Albana ferry service.
The Berkeley/Albany ferry service is a proposed ferry route of the Water Transit Authority. The Water Transit Agency is a state-authorized interagency that coordinates Bay Area ferry service.
* $243,000 for the Chez Panisse Foundation, for a school lunch initiative to integrate lessons about wellness, sustainability and nutrition into the academic curriculum.
A private organization that teaches BUSD kids how to eat well.
* $94,000 for a Berkeley public safety interoperability program.
Fair game. Probably augments some program funded by the City of Berkeley Public Safety department.
* $87,000 for the Berkeley Unified School District, nutrition education program.
Fair game. BUSD is funded by the City of Berkeley.
So of the $2 million of federal funding proposed to be withdrawn, $181,000 would actually have been received by the City of Berkeley. Less than ten percent.
But saying, "Were withdrawing two million dollars from Berkeley!!" sounds so much sexier and impactful. I guess the other 90% is just, um, collateral damage. Sorry.
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