Bush budget soaks S.F. for ($8 million) rent

[Newsjock]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/02/04/CALIFORNIA.TMP

Washington -- President Bush's new budget contains an unwelcome bombshell for San Francisco, a proposal to raise the rent the city pays for its Hetch Hetchy reservoir inside Yosemite National Park from $30,000 a year to a whopping $8 million.

... But the Bush administration, which unveiled the president's $2.3 trillion budget Monday, defended the proposal, saying it is an outgrowth of tough times and a projected deficit of $521 billion this year.

... Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a former San Francisco mayor, pledged to fight any increase. "It's a raid on San Francisco resources. To go from $30,000 a year to $8 million is just a raid on the city's coffers,'' she said.

Feinstein said she didn't think the Interior Department proposal, which calls for the rent-increase revenue to go to the National Park Service to help offset its costs in operating Yosemite, had anything to do with possible political retribution by a conservative administration against a notably liberal and Democratic city.

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[KissMyAsscroft]

1. Gee, its surprising he targeted San Francisco..

:eyes:


I fucking hate this man.

[Frances]

2. And I'm mad at Feinstein

Why do you think she said what she did?

I haven't forgiven her for voting for that welfare program for the drug companies; that is, the medicare drug benefit?!

[Newsjock]

3. Bye bye, tax cut

At $8 million, that's roughly $10 a year for every person in San Francisco that will have to come from somewhere.

"Not retribution" my ass, indeed. Take off the kneepads, Sen. Feinstein.

[Elidor]

4. The Bush Tax strikes again

Nothing Bush hates worse than liberals with money.

[madrchsod]

5. i`m sorry cali but

i think she`s not much of a senator. her backing of the assualt on file sharing and other kiss assed stuff she`s done just strikes me as way to center of the road...

[NashVegas]

6. What's the Increase for Ranchers Using Federal Land

in this budget, anyway?

[pinniped]

7. Message from SF to Chimp...

EMS

[yorgatron]

8. maybe this is the message she needs

to finally convince her that being "centrist" is a losing battle.GO LEFT Dianne.

[Robin Hood]

9. First Enron, then the gropenator, and now this.

Bush is smyting California for not voting for his crooked ass.

[Democat]

10. Feinstein is a coward when it comes to Bush

Instead of saying she doesn't think it's an attack on liberals, how about saying, "I don't know, why don't you ask Bush."

By saying it isn't, she is defending Bush.

Why do so many Democrats insist on licking Bush's boots?

[arwalden]

11. But Not For This Thread... I Would Have Never Heard

about this story. Conservative media!

-- Allen