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What’s the Biggest Problem in the Delta?
As the Bay Delta Conservation Plan comes closer and closer to becoming a reality, the NorCal interests are getting more and more opposed. The Sacramento Bee is trying their best to poo-poo the idea that sewage, ammonia, pathogen and pharmaceutical pollution from their sewage treatment plant are to blame for the Delta’s demise, and are merely being used as misguided arguments by water… Read more »
The Valley Water Pledge
The article below asks farmers to stand together on Valley water policy. We think it’s a good idea. But, easier said than done. However, we’ve been working on something that might start the process. It’s called: The Valley Water Pledge. If you’re a local elected official at any level, please hit the ‘reply’ button and let… Read more »
We Can See Where This Is Going
Farmers don’t have to believe in conspiracy theories. History is their reality. They’ve seen Lucy pull the football away at the last minute too many times. They’ve had the rug pulled out from under them. They’ve been stabbed in the back. They’ve been double-crossed. If you don’t know what we’re talking about we’d be glad… Read more »
Untimely Controversy: Sacramento Bee’s Jack Ohman ‘stunned’ by Perry’s response to his hot-button cartoon.
JACK OHMAN wasn’t just surprised by his satirical target’s response. He was stunned. “Not just by the massive response,” Ohman tells Comic Riffs, “but to the willful misinterpretation of the cartoon.” That willful misinterpretation, the Sacramento Bee journalist says, was by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who in the cartoon (published last Thursday) is depicted as… Read more »
The Great Delta Toilet Bowl Continues!
The City of Sacramento is located at the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers and is known as the “river city.” Sacramento draws much of its residential water from these rivers. But, get this: Sacramento takes the water from the rivers upstream where it is cleaner, then Sacramento dumps their sewage waste water downstream where… Read more »
Who Will Lead?
In a recent news conference Reps. Jim Costa (D-Fresno) and David Valadao (R-Hanford), county supervisors, council members, mayors and others discussed the impacts of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s recent cutbacks of more than 800,000 acre-feet of water due to Delta pumping restrictions required to protect Delta smelt. They called for support of Governor Brown’s… Read more »
How Long Will Wastewater Keep Killing the Smelt?
In December of 2010 the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board voted unanimously to require Sacramento to clean up their sewage discharges to the highest standards by removing the ammonia and other pollutants before discharging their sewage water into the Delta. Families Protecting the Valley, along with others, had pointed out through a marketing… Read more »
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg faces $1 billion tax bill
Facebook’s stock market debut left founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg with a paper fortune currently valued at $13 billion — and a 2012 tax bill of around $1.1 billion. Zuckerberg’s whopping tax hit stems from his move last May to increase his stake in Facebook. On the day of Facebook’s initial public offering, Zuckerberg exercised… Read more »
Cyprus & Water Allocations
People are outraged when they hear about the bailout deal in Cyprus that will take up to 40% out of depositor’s personal accounts. We would suggest that the average Joe now understands what it’s like to be a farmer in California when water allocations are announced. To a farmer, water is money. This year, farmers… Read more »
How Green Was My Journalist
It is amazing that people can actually study journalism in college. It is apparent that schools need to introduce a new course: The Bloody Obvious 101. This is really evident during discussions of the California Same Sex Marriage Ban at the Supreme Court. In the first place, journalists love to refer to this law as the… Read more »
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