Paying For Fresno History

Fresno City College employees are getting the nudge. They are being nudged into giving up a days' pay, every month, for a the next three years, all in an effort to help bridge the gap between the money FCC has to restore the old Administration Building and the money they need.

Yes, this is a creative way to help pay for the old buildings' renovations, but I can’t imagine every employee is happy to do this. It’s a damn good cause, the building definitely needs to be saved, but if I was asked to do something similar at my work, I don’t know if I could do it.

I shiver at what losing a day’s worth of pay, once a month, would do to my monthly nerd budget.

I would fall WAY behind on my Spiderman and X-men comics from Heroes. There would have to be one less run to Mike’s Pizzeria for one of their killer calzones. Tower Records’ line to purchase whatever metal album came out on Album Release Tuesday, would have one less metal-nerd.

What would you have to give up? Do you have it in you to let loose some of your paycheck to revive a historic Fresno building?