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The Great California Garage Sale
The lovely but financially irresponsible state in which I reside is holding a garage sale this Friday. Yes, the entire state.
It's actually called The Great California Garage Sale.
See photos of everything that's available. Some items are on Craigslist. There are a few on Ebay, including a 2002 Crown Victoria.
I know, can you believe it? But it's only $3,051.01 right now and the car's visor is signed by Schwarzenegger. 15 other Schwarzenegger-signed cars are available.
Wait, there's more: motorcycles, jewelry, Blackberries, bicycles, surfboards (it is California), desks, chairs, vending machines, cameras, and finally, the piece de resistance...
A bobblehead collection of the Sacramento Kings basketball team. Experts are saying it could solve California's budget woes in one fell swoop:
Meanwhile, let's congratulate the city of Malibu for being able to afford a city hall building. All these years, Malibu's been renting its town hall because property is way too expensive (median home price -- $2.8 million).
But last month, Malibu officials bought the local performing arts center, which had been owned by a church, and they're turning part of it into a town hall. The rest will be rented out.
They bought it at a foreclosure auction. For $15 million.
I applaud Governor Schwarzenegger for this idea. I think more of our governments should be thinking outside of the box like this instead of just going the easy route of raising taxes. Here in my home state of Florida I know they just recently raised the tax on cigarettes in hopes of raising some extra money, as a smoker I can assure you that I would’ve been much happier if they had just decided to sell some of the extra stuff lying around instead.
Big up to Governor Schwarzenegger!
Check out my blog on The Great California Garage Sale at.... http://www.thedebtgazette.com/2009/09/great-california-garage-sale/
