Opinion: ‘Pushing up daisies’

“Pushing up daisies” may no longer be just a colloquial expression about being dead. It now appears that some of us may, indeed, be pushing up daisies, and vegetables, and palm trees… someday.

In Madera County? Well, right next door in Friant. It’s already happening, according to Your Central Valley. This becomes possible because of actions taken by our lawmakers and reported in SFGate.

In 2022, Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia introduced AB351, which was passed by the legislature and was signed into law by Gavin Newsom, augmenting his sobriquet. He’s no longer just Governor Hairgel; he’s now also “Greusome Newsom,” a name suggested in a comment by C. Darce O’Lebnon in response to an article appearing in California Catholic Daily. You see, the new law authorizes human composting in the Golden State.