James Evans' recent letter about state boards and commission (Evans: State boards and commissions necessary part of government) was well-written and informative.

 

However, it only speaks to the “boards.”

 

Scroll down the list and get into the full time departments, centers, agencies, authorities, bureaus, centers, councils, units and commissions, and attach a dollar value to them, and one finds that a million here, a million there soon it adds up to real serious money … money the state doesn't have.

 

Miguel Lanigan lives in Clearlake Oaks, Calif.