Anyone in Mission Valley see the mini protest of Chevron this p.m.?

[Joanie Baloney]

On the corner of Camino de la Reina and Qualcomm Wy. just as you enter I-8 westbound, was a group of about 30-35 folks holding mostly hand-made signs saying things like "No Corporate Tax Loopholes" and a few that said things like "Chevron = bad for my Family". They were strategically standing in front of the Chevron station at that corner...but I'm not clear what the protest was about.

Anyone know?

Thanks in advance,
-JB

[bananas]

1. I just did some googling and found this

on the KOGO website:

Workers Protest Governor's Proposed Cuts

State union members ask the California Legislature to come up with different options to cut costs.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

California state workers are staging protests and signing petitions---all in an effort to tell the Governor no more pay cuts.



Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed a budget that could slash state employees' paychecks by an additional 5-percent. But a state budget committee rejected the Governor's plan. Nearly seventy-five San Diego members of the Service Employees International Union 1000 picketed and protested outside a Mission Valley state office Building. Spokesperson Dianne Bradford says she doesn't trust the Governor because she knows with a stroke of a pen, he has veto power.

Bradford says state workers have already experienced a pay cut through furloughs. She says if union members are nailed with another pay cut it could mean the difference between a worker making a house or car payment or being able to afford food.

The Governor says he would not approve a budget papered with more taxes and fees.

edit to add: Don't know if that was it, but it was in Mission Valley.

[Joanie Baloney]

2. Yes, I saw that too

But it wasn't the same group that I saw. But thanks for replying!

:)

-JB