Sunday, February 03, 2008

Your tax $ at work chez Panisse


— $975,000 for the University of California at Berkeley, for the Matsui Center for Politics and Public Service, which may include establishing an endowment, and for cataloguing the papers of Congressman Robert Matsui.
— $750,000 for the Berkeley/Albana ferry service.
— $243,000 for the Chez Panisse Foundation, for a school lunch initiative to integrate lessons about wellness, sustainability and nutrition into the academic curriculum.

11 comments:

Mr roT said...

One of the late Pepe's most wonderful exploits in Berkeley days was to call Chez Panisse for a reservation and ask if he was speaking with Che's Penis. The freaked out waitress on the other end said she thought so. He went on to make his reservation...

Tecumseh said...

I passed that restaurant many times, but never mustered the nerve to get in, and face their rip-off prices. Sounds like an attrape-nigaud to me, if you dig my Latin.

Mr roT said...

Pepe's got a bucks.

Tecumseh said...

Good for him. He can part with it Chez Panisse, and feel that he contributed to World Revolution at the same time. Pinko-limousine nirvana.

Arelcao Akleos said...

If you are going to be an insouciant lefty rolling in cash, you've gotta live the life-- mais oui?

Tecumseh said...

Yep. But you must cover your fancy-pantsy ass with lefty rhetoric. It all makes a ton sense, ja?

Tecumseh said...

Fancy-pantsy is a well-defined term, JJ. Just as snarky, which I had to teach you about. Should I explain knuckle balls, too?

Tecumseh said...

I added a pic illustrating how fancy those pants can get (not to say, how patsy that ass), if you try to be too antsy-pantsy (or is it fartsy-panty?) with Mr. Bull.

Mr roT said...

I thought the illustration depicted Al Gore.

Tecumseh said...

Heh, I didn't think of that. That move must give you some local warming, no?

Mr roT said...

Yeah, pretty today.