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Friday, September 16, 2011

'Governor's Council' on Kids' Fitness May Not Have Brown's Support - The Bay Citizen

'Governor's Council' on Kids' Fitness May Not Have Brown's Support - The Bay Citizen:

'Governor's Council' on Kids' Fitness May Not Have Brown's Support

On Wednesday, Gov. Jerry Brown attended an event honoring the winners of the 2011 Governor’s Challenge, a statewide competition to determine which schools are doing the most to encourage their students to eat well and be physically fit.

But funding for the competition and Brown's support for the group that runs it, the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, is in doubt.

Although it is called "The Governor's Council" and uses the state flag in its logo, the group is not part of the state