CA vs. AZ

[felicie]

This is for you kauphy enjoy!

California: The Governor of California is jogging with his dog along a nat=
ure trail. A coyote jumps out, bites the Governor and attacks his dog.
1. The Governor starts to intervene, but reflects upon the movie "Bambi"=
and then realizes he should stop; the coyote is only doing what is natura=
l.
2. He calls animal control. Animal Control captures coyote and bills the=
State $200 testing it for diseases and $500 for relocating it.
3. He calls a veterinarian. The vet collects the dead dog and bills the St=
ate $200 testing it for diseases.

4. The Governor goes to hospital and spends $3,500 getting checked for dis=
eases from the coyote and on getting his bite wound bandaged.
5. The running trail gets shut down for 6 months while Fish & Game conduct=
s a $100,000 survey to make sure the area is free of dangerous animals.
6. The Governor spends $50,000 in state funds implementing a "coyote aware=
ness" program for residents of the area.

7. The State Legislature spends $2 million to study how to better treat ra=
bies and how to permanently eradicate the disease throughout the world.
8. The Governor's security agent is fired for not stopping the attack some=
how and for letting the Governor attempt to intervene.
9. Additional cost to State of California: $75,000 to hire and train a new=
security agent with additional special training re: the nature of coyotes=
.
10. PETA protests the coyote's relocation and files suit against the State=
.

Arizona: The Governor of Arizona is jogging with her dog along a nature tr=
ail. A Coyote jumps out and attacks her dog.
1. The Governor shoots the coyote with her State-issued pistol and keeps=
jogging. The Governor has spent $0.50 on a .45 ACP hollow point cartridge=
.
2. The Buzzards eat the dead coyote.

And that's why California is broke.

 

[Mavin1]

I thought that was for me too, lol! Yea Arizona!!!!! We like to keep it simple .

 

[felicie]

Absolutely Mavin for you too. Oh and what's her name, the one that looks like Catherine Zeta Jones? Oh it'll come to me later.

 

[Holland87]

Yep felicie!!

That's how we do it in AZ!!

I had to take care of a rattlesnake that way because it was getting to close to my Cocker Spaniel. Or the dog was getting to close to the snake for it's own good.

So now picture me blowing the smoke off the end of that little Smith and Wesson LadySmith, twirling it around my finger and dropping it back in my holster. LOL

 

[GrandMaster]

And that's why California is broke.

And why is Arizona broke?

 

[felicie]

There's a good chance they'll be broke soon. Maybe you should tighten border security on the California border cause I think we're spillin' over.


Arizona Spends $1.25M to Save 250 Squirrels
Rope Bridges Expected to Save Five Squirrels a Year From Being Road Kill

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By JOHN WETENHALL
June 17, 2010
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Arizona is spending $1.25 million to build bridges for endangered squirrels over a mountain road so they don't become roadkill and then monitor their health.
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Arizona is spending $1.25 million to build bridges for 250 rare red squirrels so they won't get hit by cars crossing the rural road. The expenditure is expected to save the lives of five squirrels a year.
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The money is being spent, officials said, because cars kill about five of these squirrels each year.

While most suburbanites may be baffled why anyone would protect a pesky squirrel, these are Mount Graham red squirrels, a breed once thought to be extinct. Only 250 of them are known to live near the top of Mount Graham.

The Federal Highway Administration grant will be used to build rope bridges over the lone road through the squirrels' habitat, according to Arizona Department of Transportation Community Relations Director Timothy Tait. The DOT plans to install 41 of the "canopy tunnel crossings" at a cost of $400,000.

Another $160,000 will be spent on cameras to monitor the bridges, and the rest of the money will fund a project to monitor the rodents.

That works out to about $5,000 per squirrel.

 

[Mavin1]

And worth every cent! Did I tell you that they were going to pay someone $85,000 to teach the squirrels to use the rope bridges? Applications are being taken at the Fish and Game department.

 

[kauphy]

And worth every cent! Did I tell you that they were going to pay someone $85,000 to teach the squirrels to use the rope bridges? Applications are being taken at the Fish and Game department.

i want that job lol thanks lib. you made my day when i ran across this. did i tell you that i,m married to a squirrel? i asked him if any of them might be his family and he said if they were stupid enough to get hit by a car them yes pro so.