Herms William Interview 9 24 12 - California Resources Agency

1 MR. HERMS: Yes, that is exactly
2 what has happened, is that the thing that we
3 wanted to avoid in the beginning, in the end
4 became the only place that we would be allowed
5 to go. Politically, it was the only place
6 that we would be allowed to go.
7 MR. PATTON: To basically reduce
8 funding and service and maintenance level to
9 an unacceptable level, but that's more
10 acceptable than closing a unit.
11 MR. HERMS: Correct. That's more
12 acceptable to the administration, to the
13 people in the field who have to maintain those
14 parks, who have to keep them clean and keep
15 them safe and serve the public, to many people
16 in the field it's not, but it's not their
17 decision.
18 MR. PATTON: Okay. All right. So I
19 just wanted to be clear that that is -- that's
20 the territory we've entered into.
21 MR. HERMS: Yeah. It's unfortunate.
22 MR. PATTON: All right. Anything
23 else you want to ad?
24 MR. HERMS: I am more than happy to
25 come back and talk if you have additional
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