[rstrahan]

Back in the early 90’s, I had to go to SF regularly for work. It was a vibrant city, clean, relatively safe. Took the wife there for a long weekend visit, enjoyed it. However, the tour guide on that trip warned that things were headed downhill. Now, you can’t pay me to go back there.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

You know, I've been to California many times. But I've never been to Los Angeles or San Francisco. You couldn't pay be to go those places at any price. I've never been south of Santa Maria, and I have never been north of Monterey. Central California is like heaven on earth. It still seems relatively normal.

The drive from Salinas to SLO is amazing. Mile after mile after mile of grape vinyards. Not seperate vinards. Just one vinyard. You never saw so many grapes, and the vinyard is wide, wide wide. It stretches back as far as the eye can see.

Perhaps someday California can be liberated.