No time to blog at the moment. Go see the Daily Bastardette for details from today’s hearing on California AB 372-. For once, it’s a bit of what could be good news, CALIFORNIA AB 372 SENT TO SUSPENSE FILE as Marley said, The committee has until May 25 to retrieve it from suspension, but because […]
The CARE-tastrophe continues unabated. Just when you thought the mess out in California couldn’t get any stupider, AB 372 now apparently is projected to come with an 8 million dollar start up cost. Yes, you read that right $8 million, even as California is in the depths of fiscal crisis and budget hearings. (It’s really […]
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I’m late getting this up. Marley’s got details on the unanimous vote. See her post, IS THAT ALL THEIR IS? CALIFORNIA AB 372 PASSES OUT OF JUDICIARY CalOpen and Bastard Nation (along with a number of individuals) stood firm, and submitted testimony refusing to leave anyone behind, working against the disastrous bill. Here’s Marley’s rough […]
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Bastardette has the CA Open Action Alert with details up on her page- ACTION ALERT – DEFEAT CALIFORNIA AB 372 Also be sure to note CA Open’s lobby page with a sample quick lobby letter. Stay tuned to California Open’s webpage for further information.
More in the ongoing saga of the C.A.R.E. (or “California Adoption Reform Effort”) clusterfuck. *** Read ’em and weep. Then work to kill AB 372. Bastardette– CARE’S BRIDGE TO NOWHERE: NEW AB 372 AMENDMENTS RELEASED–DROPS ADOPTEES IN THE RIVER BASTARDETTE POLL: WILL CARE PULL AB 372? B.B. Church– Bad, Worse, Worst: AB 372 limps into […]
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Yup, been busy, perhaps I’ll blog some of it at a later date. Meanwhile, here’s a brief note that we can add to the growing pile of C.A.R.E. abominations. *** Just go read B.B. Church’s latest piece- C.A.R.E. Pays for Play? Also be sure to note, (particularly in light of in-kind donations and potentially jeopardizing […]
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I suppose this could be considered another post following on the heels of my earlier, Being C.A.R.E.-less about adopted people’s access in CA and Bastard Access- either we all go together or we don’t go at all- “Nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten.” about the “California Adoption Reform Effort‘s botched from the get go attempt […]
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