AZ News & Blogs 5/22/2010

• How You Gonna Keep them Down on the Farm? 
• Immigration within Cuba, Not Allowed!
• Mission Accomplished! 
• Barack Obama has now been president for 16 months. Congratulations once again to my fellow Americans for demanding change and electing a man with the guts to stand up to the Bush war machine!
• Board votes to keep 5 state parks open 
• The Arizona State Parks Board voted Wednesday to keep open five more parks slated for closure next month, leaving only four on the chopping block just months after the board voted to close nearly all state parks.
• “The parks that we have in our system are the crown jewels of this state, and we have the responsibility to protect those assets for future generation of Arizonans,” said Chip Davis, a supervisor on Yavapai County, which raised $50,000 and hopes to raise another $110,000 to keep open Red Rock State Park near Sedona.
• See also: Private companies can manage state parks , New tax for state parks would entrench wrong approach to funding , and Look for a business partner to fund state parks .