-Caveat Lector- >From http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,851044,00.html
Golden Gate bridge begs visitors for their spare change Duncan Campbell in Los Angeles Saturday November 30, 2002 The Guardian Anyone visiting San Francisco is used to being asked for "spare change, please", but the request usually comes from the homeless. Now the city's most famous monument is getting in on the act: the Golden Gate bridge is so strapped for cash that it is to ask visitors for donations. The most photographed bridge in the world already charges motorists $5 to cross it but the local transit authority still cannot make ends meet. From this spring, the board will hold out the municipal equivalent of a begging bowl. Everyone taking the air on the bridge or strolling across from Marin County will be asked for their spare change. The bridge will accept every currency from yen to euros. The reason is "a serious financial crisis", according to Celia Kupersmith, the bridge's general manager. It is is the first time since the bridge was built in 1937 that it has resorted to such a measure. Regular travellers were not impressed. "What unmitigated gall," said Paul Richardson, a construction worker who regularly commutes across the bridge. "I have several things I would like to drop in there but none of them are money." If the bridge finds that the collecting box does not bring in the shortfall, they can always ask the experts in downtown San Francisco. There the signs asking for money seldom say anything as mundane as "homeless, please help". Instead they read "residentially challenged, all change welcome" or even "why lie - it's for beer". Guardian Unlimited © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A<>E<>R + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; I don't believe everything I read or send (but that doesn't stop me from considering it; obviously SOMEBODY thinks it's important) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." --- Ernest Hemingway <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
