Ariz. to Close 13 Parks by June Due to Budget Woes

[Ptah]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=9575950





An oversight board voted unanimously Friday to close 13 of Arizona's
state parks in response to budget cuts, leaving two-thirds of the parks
shut in the most aggressive cuts to such facilities in the nation.

The Arizona State Parks Board is closing some of the state's iconic
Old West landmarks, including the Tombstone Courthouse in one of the
West's most storied towns, and the Yuma Territorial Prison, which
housed hundreds of Old West outlaws and was portrayed in the film "3:10 to Yuma."

The decision also closes parks such as Red Rock State Park near Sedona
that draw tens of thousands of tourists a year.

The Legislature has cut 61 percent of the state parks budget since July.

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ouch

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[alstephenson]

1. RAISE TAXES, you IDIOTS!

This is so pathetic. They are "starving the beast" here in Arizona. Major cuts in education - hell, we were already 49th in education spending in the country, behind Mississippi only! No more of Janet Napolitano's pre-kindergarten, no money for mental health services, cuts or elimination of EVERYTHING. I hope this will be a wake-up call to Arizona's voters. In typical RED state fashion, people here only give a shit if it affects them personally...

[Ptah]

2. "people here only give a shit if it affects them personally"

The problem is that many don't see how it does affect them personally.

Our community is diminished by this starvation.