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St. Patrick's Day Weekend! The party weekend event of the year! Also from spring break to LGBT locals and visitors, Palm Springs oldest and only gay owned and operated magazine to cover the desert weekly. Spectacular bar nights, The hottest bars with the coolest drinks, food, pool parties and more Hot Sexy Gay on Gay fun every day, every hour every week everywhere! Get us while we are HOT!!! More than just a gay magazine, DDG is online and in print everywhere people go! Note: St. Patrick's Day Weekend is recognized around the world as a symbol of Irish culture, when, in fact, it is not please, respect each other and all cultures.
St. Patrick's Day Weekend! The party weekend event of the year! Also from spring break to LGBT locals and visitors, Palm Springs oldest and only gay owned and operated magazine to cover the desert weekly. Spectacular bar nights, The hottest bars with the coolest drinks, food, pool parties and more Hot Sexy Gay on Gay fun every day, every hour every week everywhere! Get us while we are HOT!!! More than just a gay magazine, DDG is online and in print everywhere people go! Note: St. Patrick's Day Weekend is recognized around the world as a symbol of Irish culture, when, in fact, it is not please, respect each other and all cultures.
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THE LAST WORD by Greg Pettis<br />
Woke up this morn<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Wash<strong>in</strong>gton<br />
DC to attend the National League<br />
of Cities Congressional City Conference.<br />
<strong>This</strong> annual meet<strong>in</strong>g historically<br />
brought Cab<strong>in</strong>et secretaries, adm<strong>in</strong>istration<br />
officials and even the President,<br />
Vice President and First Lady - this<br />
year, no one from Trumpville.<br />
What we are gett<strong>in</strong>g is a scary update<br />
on what is plann<strong>in</strong>g on the budget and<br />
potential legislation. In order to accomplish<br />
the President’s $54 billion <strong>in</strong>crease<br />
<strong>in</strong> defense he is recommend<strong>in</strong>g drastic<br />
cuts <strong>in</strong> domestic spend<strong>in</strong>g. Some of the<br />
cuts <strong>in</strong>clude elim<strong>in</strong>ation of Community<br />
Development Block Grants, fund<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
the Centers for Disease Control, Climate<br />
Action programs, FEMA disaster<br />
funds and many more!<br />
Any one of these cuts can hurt our local<br />
cities. All together they will be disastrous.<br />
As one example CDBG funds<br />
allow Cathedral City to support homeless<br />
programs, senior citizen activities,<br />
sewer hook up for lower <strong>in</strong>come residents<br />
and the like. We do all that with<br />
a block grant of about $500,000. We<br />
will have to elim<strong>in</strong>ate those programs<br />
without these monies.<br />
Many of the other council members<br />
here at the conference are speak<strong>in</strong>g<br />
about concerns of los<strong>in</strong>g mental health<br />
money. Apparently the Presidents budget<br />
also drastically changes Medicaid<br />
and will all but elim<strong>in</strong>ate mental health<br />
funds. Wow I remember Ronald Reagan<br />
as Governor who elim<strong>in</strong>ated mental<br />
health funds and we ended up with<br />
huge homelessness issues. Deja Vu?<br />
What are some of your concerns with<br />
this new Adm<strong>in</strong>istration? What are<br />
you afraid of? Is President Trump<br />
do<strong>in</strong>g someth<strong>in</strong>g right <strong>in</strong> your op<strong>in</strong>ion?<br />
Let me know. Greg@gregpettis.com<br />
Greg Pettis is a 22 year city<br />
councilman <strong>in</strong> Cathedral City.<br />
He has made his name <strong>in</strong> governmental<br />
circles as an expert <strong>in</strong> transportation<br />
issues and is very active <strong>in</strong><br />
work<strong>in</strong>g on br<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g passenger rail<br />
service to the COACHELLA Valley.<br />
Greg was the first openly <strong>gay</strong> elected<br />
city council members In Riverside<br />
County. He has served on the boards<br />
of the National League of Cities and<br />
the League of <strong>California</strong> Cities and as<br />
President of the Southern CA Association<br />
of Governments.<br />
50 Your <strong>week</strong>ly LGBT Gay Desert Guide. View our Free Digital Version on-l<strong>in</strong>e.
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