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Wild and Scenic Roadblock
The state of California is in need of water storage. When we have a good rain/snow season there is no place to store the water and it runs to the ocean. Environmentalists oppose any effort to expand water storage for the state’s expanding population. At McClure Lake Congressman Jeff Denham wants to raise the level of the reservoir… Read more »
Westlands & Prop 30
It isn’t too difficult to figure out why Westlands Water District officials would be donating money to the Prop 30 campaign. After all, Westlands is one of the leading players advocating the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan which is supporting the idea of building a $14B tunnel under the Delta. The tunnel plan would, hopefully, give Westlands… Read more »
A Bankrupt City and the Delta Smelt
Atwater, California just admitted it does not have the cash flow to make a $2 million municipal bond payment due in November. It may become the fourth local California government to file for Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy this year. The 28,000-resident farming community has been strangled by environmentalists less interested in family farms than in… Read more »
Water Regulations for Ponds?
Water regulations for private ponds and lakes are coming to a farm near you soon. The laws have been on the books for years, but the enforcement is new. Also new, as a part of the 2009 California water package passed by the legislature, are additional significant penalties for failure to file a Statement of Water… Read more »
Showdown in Tombstone!
In California, we have the Endangered Species Act, the EPA, the Delta Smelt and San Joaquin River Restoration. In Tombstone, Arizona, they have the 1964 Wilderness Act. Either way, the government’s always there to help. The little town of Tombstone with a rich history in Western lore and a population of 1400 is in a… Read more »
Feinstein Opponent Announces Water Policy
U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein is running for re-election this year against mostly unknown Republican opponents. As McClatchy News reported on March 27th, “running for re-election this year, the 78-year-old Feinstein hasn’t yet broken a sweat against unknown and underfunded Republican opponents.” Nevertheless, there are opponents and as information becomes available on their views concerning water… Read more »
Devin’s Deal or Tunnel Deal?
The way we see the California water war, there’s either got to be approval of Devin Nunes’ H.R. 1837 or a giant tunnel is going to be built under the Delta. The entire Bay Delta Conservation Plan is heading toward the idea of a tunnel. That might be a good solution to the environmental situation… Read more »
Nunes Lays It on the Line and Names Names!
We have posted the Ray Appleton Show from last Thursday when he had Congressman Devin Nunes as a guest talking about his Water Reliability Act which he along with Congressmen Jeff Denham and Tom McClintock are guiding through the House. During the show Nunes talks about the obstacles he is encountering within the local water… Read more »
McClintock: Just the Facts!
The first article below is a response by Congressman Tom McClintock to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle about the Water Reliability Act, the Congressional bill being moved along by Devin Nunes and Jeff Denham. McClintock needs no further introduction and we’ll let the article speak for itself. The original article he’s talking about… Read more »
What’s Their Solution?
Congressman Devin Nunes is moving a water bill through the House to solve California’s long-standing water problems. After two years of heavy rainfall we’re right back where we started before the rains came. Instead of solving problems during the wet years we continued to kick the can down the road and now we’re in for… Read more »
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