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California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed AB 2567. Blessings.

The bill was bad not only because of the aforementioned reasons, but also because it would have established several other days that are inane. California Poppy day. John Muir day…. I like a good holiday like anybody else. But these special days, weeks and months cease being special when every day is a special day. You did celebrate California Dried Plum Digestive Health Month, didn’t you? Well you won’t get the chance to do it again because it was only for January 2008, saints be praised.

Kids aren’t going to learn much about the high Sierras or California nature by hearing about John Muir. They have to go there. Hike over Mono Pass. See brown bears up close. Laze in a chilly mountain river in August. Having special days revolving around mundane things simply seems too timid an approach to life. Instead of taking an entire day talking about the wonders of the California poppy and cutting out poor craft paper imitations of them, get the kids on the bus and go to the park. There are plenty of poppys to be found. Incidentally then it could be poppy day, field mouse day, hawk day and kite day all in the same day.