The Bay Area

The City of Berkley is now having second thoughts on trying to close down the Marine Recruiting Station. The city counsel almost seems surprised many people are unhappy with them and even want to cut federal funding to the city. Stories here, here and here.

Also read the comments from readers of the SF papers, they are worth it just to see what the average citizen thinks.

The City of San Francisco is wanting to turn Alcatraz from a historical park to a world peace center. I think the federal government should agree if the city will buy it for the market price of the island, $6 Trillion dollars.