RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media ...

RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people BY&PUNCTSPACE;RICHARD BEENE Californian CEO and President rsbeene@yahoo.com | Sunday, Dec 18 2011 05:54 PM Last Updated Sunday, Dec 18 2011 05:54 PM HOME SWEET HOME: A beautiful tribute to Bakersfield showed up on the online forum, Zocalo Public Square, written by Bakersfield High graduate Paige Hill, who now lives and works in Washington, D.C. A graduate of the University of North Carolina and the daughter of Bart and Napier Hill of Bakersfield, Paige penned a moving valentine to our sometimes quirky and always endearing community. In her words: "The fog is something I can try to describe in a series of corny colloquialisms, but I ultimately fail to capture it. Bakersfield is like that, too. It's a city where in the same breath its residents will knowingly laugh and admit it is no cultural rival of San Francisco - and then fiercely defend it for what it is. It is ours." SMOKE POLICE: Call me cranky, but was anyone else also appalled at the story in Sunday's Californian about people from the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District driving around town looking for people using their Fireplaces on no burn days? Say what? California is broke, the educational system is in crisis, Sacramento is a dysfunctional mess and yet somehow we can still afford to have people on the public payroll driving around town looking for peo
RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people BY&PUNCTSPACE;RICHARD BEENE Californian CEO and President rsbeene@yahoo.com | Sunday, Dec 18 2011 05:54 PM Last Updated Sunday, Dec 18 2011 05:54 PM HOME SWEET HOME: A beautiful tribute to Bakersfield showed up on the ...