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Gene
Benicia , Benicia SRA

When I heard the Governors announcement in January I became very angry. The park that I had taken for granted could be closed. On May 10 we held a rally in our park, and I found that I now belonged to a community. A community that shares the same value I have of publicly accessible open space for all. The rally was attended by people from Benicia and Vallejo, young and old, fishermen and cyclists, politicians and students, who I now consider to be my friends. I usually go to parks to hike and be alone. Through this budget mess, I now know I can go to parks to be with friends. Happily our Park will remain a part of our community (with today’s announcement from the Governor that the State Parks will not be closed). But you can count me in to continue making friends in our state parks so that we never have to go through this mess again.

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