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I remember those budget cuts. As far as I could tell, the state engaged in efforts to make the most damaging cuts possible in every department while leaving pet
by joe_the_user 7y ago
I remember those budget cuts. As far as I could tell, the state engaged in efforts to make the most damaging cuts possible in every department while leaving pet construction projects and similar things alone (cutting state parks really hard for example).
I think it's combination of wanting to demonstrate the seriousness of the problem combined with cutting projects that don't have constituancy.
- selimthegrim 7y agoI was at UCSB at the time and I remember incensed undergrads camping out in the public spaces for weeks.
- scruple 7y agoYep, you just jogged my memory. I was living and working in Goleta at the time and I definitely recall seeing those folks every time I went to campus and even IV of the course of a few weeks.
- ip26 7y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Monument_Syndrome https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Monument_Syndrome