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May 18, 2013
Delta Canary
Maybe we should focus more on storage, dams, water banks and conservation.
May 17, 2013
Water Workers Pay
The solution is that you require them to work for the state for 3 years after training or payback the cost of their training
May 16, 2013
Delta Collapse
Does it make sense to choose solutions that limit our ability to grow food on productive farmland?
May 16, 2013
Water Employees
"Lowered qualifications?" Man welcome to the world of 'Affirmative Action.'
May 15, 2013
Water Cutbacks
Actually, a 20 percentage point drop in the initial allocation (65%) equals a 30% cut in the initial allocation.
May 11, 2013
Work in the Fields or Get 'Cut Off'
Our parents and grandparents worked in the fields.
May 09, 2013
Tunnels a 'Water Grab'
Growers farming half a million acres of rich land in the Delta have a superior claim to Northern California water than do growers in the salt-plagued western San Joaquin Valley.
May 06, 2013
We Have to do Something
The present rhetoric that demonizes one side or another is not responsible, and in the long run, will be seen as stupid.
May 06, 2013
Snow Survey Highlights Need for Flexible Delivery System
We lost an important opportunity earlier this year when water was abundant but pumping was restricted.
May 06, 2013
Farmers Stick Together
Is he suggesting that Delta farmers should drink the kool-aid and support the westside farmers’ love affair with Jerry Brown’s Twin Peripheral Tunnels?
May 02, 2013
Richard Blum & HSR
The reports that Senator Feinstein's husband is involved with Tutor Perini are not accurate.
May 02, 2013
Protecting Non-Native Fish
As fishing license cost go up more areas are shut off to fish in to "protect" the trout and salmon
May 02, 2013
No Water Bond Endorsement
Those promoting it (mostly water agency employees) do so in hope of receiving additional money into their budgets.
May 01, 2013
The Browndoggle
I’ve been referring to the browndoggle as the “Moonbeam Zephyr.” That seems an appropriate name for the project.
Apr 30, 2013
Smaller Tunnel Would Only Serve L.A.
It would kill the San Joaquin Valley, but we don't have enough political clout to stop it.
Apr 30, 2013
Killing the Delta
Let's just tell 'em the Delta can't be saved anyway so we may as well destroy it now rather than later.
Apr 29, 2013
What About the Water Bond?
Just because an initiative has the term 'water' in the title doesn't mean the money is going to go for water. Titles can be very deceiving.
Apr 29, 2013
Water Arcives and Tunnels
At first, Berkeley wanted to sell the archives, but couldn't find a buyer, so they just shipped them off to SoCal where they are now difficult to access
Apr 29, 2013
Boxer and Environmental Reviews
Putting a limit on reviews puts a limit on their income. Just pay them off and make them go away.
Apr 28, 2013
Expensive Lanare Water Fix
Wouldn't it have been cheaper to buy every family in Lanare a home in Riverdale and call it a day?
Apr 28, 2013
Suspicious About the Tunnels
Lets get the politicians out of this business and get some verified pros (not political hacks) do the concepts, designing
Apr 26, 2013
DiFi's Train
And I imagine Ron Pelosi is going to do the solar, huh?
Apr 26, 2013
How Much for HSR?
My predictions for the HSR project: if ever completed SF->L.A. the total cost will exceed $150 Billion
Apr 25, 2013
Keep Salt Water out of the Delta
Why doesn't the state build a set of lochs somewhere in the area of Antioch Ca. to hold back and store fresh water and to stop salt water from coming in?
Apr 25, 2013
Farmers Need to Wake Up
Valley farmers need to wake from their Stockholm Syndrome trance and take a closer look at the leadership of their agricultural organizations
Apr 24, 2013
Human Right to Water
Governor Brown...I respectfully submit that this is your responsibility to correct a serious problem within the Department of Public Health
Apr 23, 2013
Water Atlas Agenda
Lead me to conclude the Atlas is largely worthless and intended to drum up support for an agenda.
Apr 22, 2013
The Horror of it All
Let's see here, a project that reduces current impacts on fish, restores (not increases) water supply to 2/3 the population and 3 million acres of farmland without affecting anyone else's legal water rights
Apr 22, 2013
Calif Out of Compliance
Despite having more environmental rules and regulations than any other state.
Apr 20, 2013
Safe Drinking-Water $
If Sacramento cannot effectively address our drinking water needs with that kind of war chest how can we expect them to do anything else right?
Apr 19, 2013
Shut Down CHSR
Our CA HSR is a monument to man's stupidity -- building a project based on lies and bogus projections
Apr 18, 2013
7 Years of Study
BDCP provides the best opportunity to create a reliable water supply and restore the ecosystem of the Delta
Apr 17, 2013
L.A. Water
Upwards of 50% is used outside the home or business- in growing lawns, banana tress and flowers.
Apr 15, 2013
HSR Critic
People like fast trains – they are cool. But this fast train has turned into a disaster as every special interest group and crony capitalist took a bite out of it.
Apr 15, 2013
Delta, Smelt & Taxpayers
Fact is, and it is widely known and documented, that the vast majority of the cost will be borne by delta export water users.
Apr 15, 2013
Calif vs China Template
We can't build dams or power plants of any kind without going through years if not decades of legal wrangling by environmentalists.
Apr 13, 2013
HSR & Water
Were this state in a cash-flush condition with low-taxes, low unemployment, and boundless prosperity, then yes
Apr 11, 2013
Farm Worker Deal
They're already here. Hire them now.
Apr 10, 2013
EPA and Farmers
I would bet that these environmental groups would be just peachy keen to have their membership lists published along with personal contact information
Apr 08, 2013
Klamath Logic
We can use those coming blackout moments to ponder the ignorance of our decisions. Let'er blow.
Apr 07, 2013
Why Only Klamath?
If dams are evil polluters, then why aren't we taking down Shasta dam? Or removing the California aqua-duct system?
Apr 06, 2013
Klamath Responsibility
You can start by reading through the chapters that have been released, there are some 20,000 pages available, this is commonly called a "data dump"
Apr 05, 2013
Remove Klamath Dams?
Out of nine counties on the Klamath River, only one wants the dams out
Apr 05, 2013
Users Pay for Water, Not for Rail
Why are Democrats fighting the Delta fix and supporting the rail boondoggle?
Apr 05, 2013
Alternate Plan No Good for Farms
Simply does not meet the water needs of California
Apr 03, 2013
HSR Costs More
$69 billion for 400 miles equates to $33,000 PER FOOT of track on this project. I am no expert, but that seems a little high to me
Apr 03, 2013
Delta Smelt Hatchery
Instead of wasting another $23 billion on Gov. Jerry Brown's latest boondoggle -- a water tunnel -- why don't we just turn on the pumps and let them run?
Apr 01, 2013
Wants Vote on Tunnels
The fact that there would be no public vote on spending $14B+ is ridiculous!
Apr 01, 2013
BDCP Is Best Solution
Seven years of research by scientists have resulted in the current BDCP proposal, which is the best opportunity that Californians have in securing their water future.
Mar 31, 2013
Running Dairies Out of Business
California's large metropolitan areas have put a stranglehold on the most precious resource in the state, water, whether it's protecting some stupid fish
Mar 30, 2013
Train vs Tunnels
HSR uses Groucho Marx accounting. "These are our numbers, if you don't like them, we have others."
Mar 30, 2013
HSR Meeting in Fresno
City Hall is a nice sized venue. Much more spacious than the Board of Supervisor's chambers
Mar 29, 2013
Salmon and the River
Man sometimes breaks things that can't be fixed but some people make a good living convincing politicians they can fix it.
Mar 29, 2013
Drought
If government was smart (no chance of that - too busy banning beach fire-rings) they'd build a desalination plant
Mar 28, 2013
HSR Is Not What We Passed
Why this project and why now considering it is nothing like what CA voted for.
Mar 27, 2013
Cut the Cord on HSR
Gosh, if Kamala Harris, Jerry Brown, Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein, and Barack Obama all support it, what could possibly go wrong?
Mar 25, 2013
Sea Lions Are Eating Fish
This means that sea lions, in SoCal alone, consume over 3.5 million pounds of fish - or nearly 2.5 million fish - everyday
Mar 25, 2013
Smelt Rules Need to Change
Should be convening hearings to determine what caused 800,000 acre feet of water to be flushed out to the sea earlier in the season
Mar 21, 2013
HSR and Water Poll
Well imagine that, people still want HSR to cost what they were told it would when they voted for it. Fascinating.
Mar 21, 2013
Tunnels Will Not Drain Billions
The author's insistence that the Bay Delta Conservation Plan and its twin tunnels will "drain billions of public dollars away from schools...." is false
Mar 18, 2013
Tunnels and Quakes
This piece exposes Brown administration's false claims about how the tunnels will "protect" the Delta
Mar 17, 2013
Tunnel Criticism
The Peripheral Tunnels proposal is essentially a re-do of the failed Peripheral Canal proposal of 1982
Mar 17, 2013
HSR No Fix for Traffic Problem
In turn, it is the local roads, county roads and state roads that are neglected when it comes to routine maintenance.
Mar 15, 2013
Tunnels vs HSR
On the other hand, the HSR would benefit only a small percent of Californians
Mar 15, 2013
Audit the Train
Studies in California show that projects cost taxpayers 15% more when constructed under a union-only Project Labor Agreement
Mar 14, 2013
NRDC's Portfolio Approach
Glaringly ignores the effects the plan would have on San Joaquin Valley farmers.
Mar 10, 2013
People Paid Not to Work
Cut back on welfare for life programs and limit unemployment insurance benefits back to 6 weeks....
Mar 08, 2013
Rest of the Climate Change Story
This paper is not intersted - EVER - in sharing the rest of the news which comes out all the time
Mar 07, 2013
Ride HSR
The Bee cracks me up. They've fanatically agitated for this project from day one. They've poo-pooed all the concerns
Mar 06, 2013
Ignorant Crap!
When a famine hits the United States because all of the farmland is dried up because of a fish, or some animal, maybe they will see the folly of this crap.
Mar 06, 2013
HSR Screeching Halt
There will be an opportunity for the state to save face and end the program (blaming the "right-wing Republicans" of course) before $200 billion of debt is accumulated.
Mar 05, 2013
HSR Ex-Cons
Drinks are on the house! Joe taxpayer is buying-again..
Mar 04, 2013
Less Water Costs More!
WOW! People have reduced their usage! Now we are short on cash!
Mar 04, 2013
HSR Job Qualifications
Setting aside jobs for high school drops and felons is absolutely reprehensible
Mar 02, 2013
Restore North State Rivers
It will take decades, and cost hundreds of millions, if not billions, while diverting a lot of water from other purposes, not just agriculture
Mar 02, 2013
Carlsbad Desal Good Idea
I believe the repayment for this investment will be paid by Colorado River interests. Phoenix, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City
Feb 27, 2013
Two Tunnels vs One
"A tunnel this size, which would move much less water than is currently permitted, is not adequate to protect California from a disaster."
Feb 26, 2013
Water and Jobs
They have money and jobs, and don't give a dam about anyone else's
Feb 26, 2013
Westlands Bond Rating
The Fitch Ratings claims WWD has substantial water entitlements (1.19 million acre feet) and can purchase additional supplemental water and increase ground water pumping in low allocation years
Feb 24, 2013
Would Anyone Notice?
So why spend so much money and time to save something the vast majority of people will never see or know if it is gone?
Feb 24, 2013
Tax on Groundwater
If safe drinking water is a "right," then it should be provided as an "essential" service, just like police, fire, public works and street maintenance
Feb 24, 2013
Take Land Out of Production
It also takes over 2 million acres of farmland out production that feeds tens of millions of people, drives the Valley's economy, provides tens of thousands of jobs
Feb 21, 2013
1/350th of the Merced River
The proposal to raise the spillway, not the dam, by 10 feet would inundate the last 1,800 feet of the 122-mile stretch of the Merced River
Feb 20, 2013
Current Delta System Not Working
For the sake of salmon, Delta smelt, Bay Area water supply and the food farmers grow for the grocery store, BDCP represents the best alternative for California.
Feb 17, 2013
Drugs in the Water
And a growing number of “exotic” chemicals from drugs, cosmetics and the industrial process have only recently begun to be tracked and researched
Feb 17, 2013
CEQA Attorneys and Lawsuits
Punitive damages should be awarded if it can be shown that a plaintiff has a history of filing frivolous lawsuits.
Feb 15, 2013
"Pharmed" Fish? How About People?
Doctors dose much of the human population with these drugs without a second thought
Feb 15, 2013
232 Dead Smelt
Just thought it was strange the fish agency can kill 226 smelt in the name of science, but the pumps delivering water to farms and people get shut off
Feb 13, 2013
260,000 Acres of Farmland
Instead of sending this water to storage, it was redirected to the ocean. It could have produced the food that 726,000 people consumed.
Feb 11, 2013
Protecting the Smelt
Despite 20 years of restricted water deliveries to farms, homes and businesses, Delta smelt continue to struggle.
Feb 10, 2013
West-Side Political Contributions
It doesn't matter if Brown is a Republican or Democrat, if he can produce this $14 to $25 billion taxpayer supported two-tunnel water delivery system
Feb 09, 2013
232 Dead Smelt
Our Government is going to have to choose at some point between people and fish.
Feb 06, 2013
NRDC Plan Doesn't Supply Enough Water
Introducing a "portfolio" of actions this late in the BDCP process does nothing other than to create delay
Feb 05, 2013
Stinking Regulations
So if a bird poops in the ocean it's ok but if he poops on a rock then it's not ok to wash the poop back into the ocean?
Feb 05, 2013
Smaller Delta Plan
This smaller tunnel would cut off the supply of water to more than 750,000 acres of farmland in the San Joaquin Valley
Feb 04, 2013
HSR Losing Bids Get $2M
Hundreds of companies bid on multi-million and billion dollar projects from military to infrastructure every year with no compensation
Feb 03, 2013
McCloud Is Not 'Wild and Scenic'
The plan states that the signatories will do nothing to the river that would make it ineligible for federal listing.
Feb 03, 2013
HSR Deception
Everything from the low-ball construction estimates to phony ridership numbers, all of which have been revised dramatically
Feb 02, 2013
Water Employee Benefits
So, what you have at the Met is spiraling health care costs, declining revenues and a foolish commitment to take on
Feb 02, 2013
Defends Small Water Districts
Not to mention higher costs for new testing and reporting requirements authored by the State Water Resources Board and enacted by the legislature, along with Green Energy mandates
Jan 30, 2013
'New' Proposals Fail the Test
But the 3,000 cfs tunnel would not provide sufficient water to meet both urban and agricultural needs south of the Delta.
Jan 30, 2013
Snowpack and Global Warming
Eventually we'll get a very bad drought and THEN we'll look at improving our reservoirs systems.
Jan 28, 2013
Who pays how much for tunnels?
The Governor, the Bee and everyone need to start referring to the total cost of the BDCP, not just the tunnels.
Jan 27, 2013
HSR Delays
It should be clear that the state intends to win this battle by hook, crook, or barrel of the gun.
Jan 26, 2013
Calif Is Not Global Warming Factor
Reducing the state's level to zero would have zero effect on global warming.
Jan 24, 2013
Smaller Tunnel
A smaller diversion would not provide sufficient water to meet both urban and agricultural needs south of the Delta.
Jan 22, 2013
Not a New Idea
Proponents of this "new" proposal have taken the current two-tunnel project and cut it in half to only one, reducing its ability to deliver water to farms that need it
Jan 20, 2013
HSR Should Not Be Priority
We desperately need more water delivery and storage systems, an upgraded electrical grid, more refineries
Jan 19, 2013
Dr. Pyke's Delta Solution
Dr. Pyke is offering a real solution for all, including the Metropolitian Water District of Southern California.
Jan 19, 2013
'Little People' Don't Understand HSR
Who are we with our selfish property rights to stand in the way of The Overlords and their utopian schemes?
Jan 17, 2013
So-Called 'New Approach'
Individuals and organizations are grasping at straws to further delay a resolution to California's water dilemma
Jan 16, 2013
Hidden Costs of HSR
If the costs fell within budget projections it would be all over the news
Jan 16, 2013
LAUSD now knows how it feels
I like how tha LAUSD came out to protest because now they will get taxed
Jan 15, 2013
Time to Listen to Scientists on Helping Fish
Have already identified poor ocean conditions---warm temperatures and reduced food supply---as the leading cause
Jan 14, 2013
Tunnel Alternative
I can state Bob Pyke in my opinion has been one of the most objective, realistic proponents for beneficial changes to the Delta
Jan 13, 2013
Almond Land Value
Another bubble
Jan 13, 2013
Rural America Being Forgotton
Rural America matters to the hedge fund managers who are buying up all the farmland in the heartland.
Jan 12, 2013
HSR Is Shrine to Nonsense
Do the pyramids make sense? Not unless you're Perfesser P. Krudman
Jan 10, 2013
Feds Want More Water for Fish
Well, it hasn’t worked and they are still clamoring for more water from cities and farmers.
Jan 10, 2013
Government Science
Should be a separation of science and state clause added to the constitution?
Jan 10, 2013
Low fish counts
The only effort undertaken by officials governing Delta water is to reduce water deliveries.
Jan 08, 2013
Do you use the same lure when it's not catching fish?
Why continue to use water supply cuts as a solution when it is proven time and time again to not work?
Jan 07, 2013
Farm Bill Is Food Stamp Bill
The farm bill is more of a subsidy to Wal-Mart than to farmers
Jan 06, 2013
California Politics
Taxation alone cannot provide sufficient revenue.
Jan 06, 2013
Green's Worst Nightmare - Fracking
The costs of all of the alternative energy sources becomes ridiculously expensive by comparison.
Jan 06, 2013
Snowpack Doesn't Mean Water Available When Needed
Constraints on how we store and deliver water have turned otherwise normal water years into a disaster
Jan 04, 2013
Water for Fish
Water supplies are being cut without any plan to determine what, if any, benefits will be to the environment.
Jan 04, 2013
Why $1B for Restoration?
That very river supports 7B in San Joaquin Valley agricultural output, and by shutting it down it only supports a 110M commercial salmon industry
Jan 03, 2013
Water Use Efficiency
From 1967 to 2007, California farmers' water use fell by 14.6% while increasing the value of agricultural commodities by 84% through increased production.
Jan 02, 2013
Needed Water Storage
Any plan that does not include additional storage capacity is not a plan
Jan 02, 2013
Water Conservation
They should raise rates and tell everyone to conserve. Oh yeah they did that already.
Jan 01, 2013
Brown and the Environment
BTW Jerry , Why were all of the Clean Air and Water Regulations "Absolutely Needed" by Business yet not by High Speed rail?
Dec 29, 2012
Water Meters and Growth
City and County's keep getting the revenue and citizens keep getting more and more restrictions and limitations piled on
Dec 29, 2012
Milk Producers Making Money Hand-Over-Fist?
More simple, feeding cows costs more than milk sales money. Diary farmers are losing money.
Dec 28, 2012
Fracking Produces Products
One 42-gallon barrel of oil creates 19.4 gallons of gasoline. The rest (over half) is used to make things like
Dec 28, 2012
Lisa Jackson Resigns
Wait, we want to starve everybody. Well, not everybody, just kids, the elderly, minorities
Dec 27, 2012
CHSR Budget for Land
How much of the ICS can they actually afford to build, and what will happen if (when) they run out of money?
Dec 27, 2012
Siskiyou Court Battle
The Peoples State of California would be better off if returned back to a place where individual rights were respected.
Dec 27, 2012
Climate-Change Story is Meaningless
Usually, the assumptions and data are no more than "what ifs" - they could just as easily get an opposite result
Dec 23, 2012
Dust is the New Eco-Chic Darling
I was wondering when we would see another "fear the dust" piece
Dec 23, 2012
Make Enviros Prove Allegations
They start with the assumption that anything that is done to provide our standard of living must be carcinogenic
Dec 19, 2012
Fracking 'Controversy'?
There is no science that indicates its unsafe and plenty to show it is safe
Dec 19, 2012
Study omits social value of water to grow food
California is the seventh largest economy in the world and any effort designed to shift water use based on economic value is misleading
Dec 18, 2012
Who will own it?
But I know who will pay, taxpayers
Dec 17, 2012
Humor Does Not Replace Value of Food Production
On a percentage basis, other high-income countries spend about 64 percent more on food and beverages compared to the U.S.
Dec 14, 2012
Raising Shasta Dam Provides Benefits to Fish
Rejecting the benefits resulting from the proposed raising of Shasta Dam is to reject the years of science and research that has gone into developing the proposal
Dec 14, 2012
Bee Endorsement of HSR
The Bee has endorsed HSR and therefore all public officials need to support it - no questions asked.
Dec 14, 2012
Future Water Supply
You don't need to invoke climate change to see that the development is unsustainable.
Dec 13, 2012
Environmentalist Opposes HSR
I think the vast (and rapidly escalating) sums of money should be devoted to improving local transit first
Dec 13, 2012
Largest Water User - The Environment
Our wildlife agencies always ensure there's enough "environmental water," even if there's not enough "farm water" or "city water"
Dec 12, 2012
Reality Absent From Water Footprint Report
Unlike the other western states, our supplies are self-contained and generated almost entirely within our borders
Dec 12, 2012
Shasta Dam Is There Because of CVP
Its not your water and you benefit from the lakes for tourism and recreation.
Dec 11, 2012
Monument to Stupidity
The cost estimates were lies. The time of travel claims are blatant lies. The ridership estimates are hilariously absurd lies.
Dec 11, 2012
Sacramento Wastewater is Big Polluter
They refuse to upgrade their water treatment systems and only partially treat the sewage
Dec 11, 2012
HSR Irresponsible
California is our Greece, the most fiscally irresponsible of U.S. states
Dec 10, 2012
Sinking land no secret
It is astonishing that the people who plan to restore the San Joaquin River, and its salmon run, did not take this fact into account
Dec 10, 2012
The price of water
My lawn is dead. My pool is empty. My family of 5 in a small house barely use water to bathe
Dec 09, 2012
SJ River Not Great for Salmon
Salmon don't mind being trucked up river to have their photos taken with important people
Dec 06, 2012
Honest Discussion Needed for Solultions
Individuals and groups that continue to point to water exports as the primary cause for the population decline are simply wrong
Dec 05, 2012
Shortage of Farm Labor
The entitlement mentality is alive and well....
Dec 04, 2012
HSR Insanity
The mere fact that it is being built is alraedy a screw up.
Dec 04, 2012
Supports Oyster Farm
It will show the snobby elites that people are sick of their crap and all they did was wake up a sleeping giant
Dec 03, 2012
Farm Bill
It is time for the government to get out of the Agriculture and every other business like this, so I will not be upset if this never gets passed.
Dec 03, 2012
Oil and Water
I find the hatred for family farmers in the Central Valley by the same city people who create the demand to be, well, hypocritical
Dec 03, 2012
CEQA Reform About HSR
CEQA has been anti-business and should be changed, but not for Brown's personal vendetta to build his ridiculous 'Train-to-Nowhere'
Dec 01, 2012
NRDC Spin
It is absolutely amazing to me how NRDC twists facts about the Supreme Court case
Dec 01, 2012
Oyster shutdown is tragic
I feel that this closing is just another case of "Big Brother" knowing or seeming to know what is best for us.
Dec 01, 2012
Oyster Hypocrisy
Will begin practicing what they preach and begin living in the forest without any shelter
Nov 30, 2012
Oyster Jobs
The people who work in this industry aren't just names....they are real people
Nov 30, 2012
Why would it take more than a month to fix Delta?
The "1 year" figure is arbitrary.
Nov 30, 2012
Delta Earthquake
What if the sky falls and then we're attacked by a swarm of locusts!!!
Nov 29, 2012
River too warm for salmon
The salmon prefer water 52 degrees and colder.
Nov 29, 2012
"Trucking in" salmon?
Why don't we address first things first?
Nov 28, 2012
Killer Whales: We need balance
There are 7 billion of us, and we are not going to return to a primal, ecologically-perfect, eden-like Earth garden any time soon.
Nov 27, 2012
Water deal with Mexico
so that we can have a good relationship with "the bureau"?
Nov 25, 2012
La Nina. La Nada. El Nino.
Nothing will be predicted right
Nov 25, 2012
Farmers and water efficiency
By 2007 this measure had risen to $1,373 per acre-foot, which represents a 115% increase in 40 years.
Nov 25, 2012
HSR Doesn't Pencil
This is not progress, this is debt enslavement to higher taxes
Nov 21, 2012
Enviros Will Stop Train
Will file literally hundreds of lawsuits to protect various species in every conceivable locale.
Nov 21, 2012
Wants Bullet Train
Then I could finally sell my home and move to somewhere, anywhere,that's not california.
Nov 18, 2012
Flood Festival?
They would hold a yearly, week - long "flood drill" and have the city's "planners" figuring out ways to share their plans
Nov 18, 2012
Dams and Flooding
The enviros started to flex their muscle by stopping dams to limit water supplies for development, but also limiting flood protection in 100, 200, 500 year events
Nov 17, 2012
HSR = Heavy Handed
If it had been put to the people as the truth not the
lie it was it never would have passed
Nov 17, 2012
Salmon return to river every year
Thanks to the work done on the tributary waterways
Nov 16, 2012
What Problem Does HSR Solve?
How about we spend the 100B on improving city infrastructures and clogged commuter routes, you know, things that will REALLY help solve
Nov 16, 2012
HSR and Unfunded Pension Mandates
Cutting out HSR and other frills and reducing state employee benefits and pensions to sustainable levels
Nov 15, 2012
HSR Is About Union Jobs
Does anyone really believe that Brown and Obama are gonna let anyone who is non-union work on this...pahleeese.
Nov 14, 2012
No good reason to take down dams
We've had record runs of salmon on the Klamath despite the supposed "fish killing dams".
Nov 14, 2012
What is the Delta Goal?
To restore the Delta to what it was a hundred years ago-- two hundred years ago?
Nov 14, 2012
Delta Concerns
If a right to Delta water current exists, it will continue to exist under a new Delta water plan.
Nov 13, 2012
California Too Sparce for HSR
Amtrak is a joke in California. Also, you are still car-less once you arrive by train
Nov 13, 2012
Puts the Cart Before the HSR
Does so even in the face of substantial uncertainty that we can afford the whole cart, let alone the horse.
Nov 13, 2012
'Misinterpretation' Clouds Delta Issues
To suggest that this position "undercuts" the BDCP process is a misinterpretation.
Nov 13, 2012
Milk Price Supports
Had the state not set price supports in the first place, the number of dairies and cheese makers would have long ago reached equilibrium
Nov 12, 2012
The myth of global warming
we should also be planning for the upcoming UFO invasion, Loch Ness Monster arrival in the SF Bay...
Nov 12, 2012
Never the right amount of rain and snow
No matter what happens some loon will come out of the woodwork and complain about it and some moron newspaper will publish it.
Nov 12, 2012
Annual Doom and Gloom
See you in mid-February for an update...
Nov 11, 2012
Most of Farm Bill is for Food Stamps
70% of that budget went to Nutritional Programs,(IE; food stamps, school lunches and breakfasts, etc.)
Nov 11, 2012
Pay More for Less
Because you conserved and they aren't making the profit they were making
Nov 11, 2012
Green Lawns Aren't Natural
Cities should encourage desert landscape
Nov 08, 2012
Levees vs. Tunnels
are all water agency people who want to convince people that $50-Billion in tunnels will be the answer.
Nov 08, 2012
Levees Alone Won't Protect Water
Strengthening the levees will also not prevent saltwater intrusion that is predicted to reach Stockton
Nov 08, 2012
SF vs. LA Water
All of Southern California became a leader in water conservation, particularly recycling, out of necessity.
Nov 07, 2012
Draining Hetch Hetchy Bad Idea
Where are you going to get the money to drain HH? Oh that's right, this is the USA. Let's borrow several billion dollars
Nov 07, 2012
Hetch Hetchy Measure Loses
I thought Sf was totally insane, now
Nov 06, 2012
Who's the Sucker?
Must be an euphemism for the Riverside County taxpayer.
Nov 06, 2012
Bad news for Salmon and River Restoration
Did Dianne Feinstein think about how the warmer river would impact her desire to bring back Salmon?
Nov 05, 2012
Water banks part of solution
It is these same sources and more, such as additional storage and an improved delivery system
Nov 03, 2012
Global Warming and Hurricane
What I don't understand is what caused the one fifty years ago?
Nov 03, 2012
Headline Conflicts With Story
Then I left the article after reading the beginning portion of the first sentence "The California coast probably will never see a storm..."
Nov 03, 2012
Water Should Flow to the Sea
They should not be trapped, forced into pipes and canals, forced to travel hundreds of miles
Nov 01, 2012
SF Hypocrisy
City should change its name to San Hypocrisy
Nov 01, 2012
Prop 37 about lawsuits
and will only bring litigation against farmers and others that sell food products
Oct 31, 2012
HSR Delay is First Nail in Coffin
Amtrak Northeast Corridor is the only profitable operation in USA, and that really has more to do with commuter necessity
Oct 31, 2012
Feinstein and GOP
And Obama's only fault is not calling people more often. Really.
Oct 28, 2012
Defends DWP in Owens Valley
DWP has also contributed generously to the natural beauty and public access to the Owens Valley.
Oct 27, 2012
Enviros Taking Over F&G
Hunters are going to be the lowest priority of this environmental organization now.
Oct 27, 2012
F&G Name Change
If Environmentalists want to change the name then they can Buy Environmentalists Yearly Licenses.
Oct 25, 2012
EPA is a tool for environmentalists
The EPA is in agency that really needs to be reduced in size and given better direction by Congress
Oct 25, 2012
Imagine buying a permit to raise livestock
People really don't understand what the EPA has become
Oct 24, 2012
Unhappy with Westlands
This donation to support a horrible proposition is a definate stab in the back.
Oct 22, 2012
Farmers are not decades behind in payments
He should know better than to make a statement that farmers "are already decades behind paying federal taxpayers hundreds of millions
Oct 22, 2012
Groundwater and Quakes
Note: the headline dramatically states one thing and the text under a photo says...
Oct 21, 2012
DiFi's Wealth
How did someone who has never been anything more than a public servant - office holder - manage not only to become a member of the 1 percent but someone who is in the upper reaches
Oct 20, 2012
Seasonal weather predictions
Several spells of hot air precipitated by long-winded blowhards
Oct 20, 2012
I vote for everything environmental
Who will pay for the cost of the study? Who will pay for the cost of removal?
Oct 19, 2012
JFK's Advice Remains True Today
"Nothing could be more disastrous for this country than for the citizens of one part of the state to feel that everything they have is theirs and that it should not be shared with the other citizens of the state."
Oct 18, 2012
Environmental Science Double Standard
Yet, California is going ahead with implementation of Cap And Trade! That is at least as bad...
Oct 18, 2012
HSR Will Impact Many Streets
Are people in the city and county of Fresno aware HSR might close or divert 50 to 70 roads in their city and county?
Oct 18, 2012
Ethanol and Cows
The ethanol subsidy is dumb, but ending it would not do much for California dairies.
Oct 17, 2012
Frivolous Fracking Suits
For over 20 year now the environmentalist have been claiming it is dangerous, yet the FACTS proved them wrong
Oct 16, 2012
Understanding of ag missing in article
Suggesting that current farming practices result in “environmental devastation” is short-sighted and just plain wrong.
Oct 15, 2012
Creating something that never was in the first place
Only in environmental loon fantasyland can one believe turning a naturally seasonal river into a perennial stream is “restoration”.
Oct 15, 2012
DiFi's River Restoration
Di-Fi’s water bill shut down thousands of farms causing the layoffs of tens of thousands of MINORITY workers causing this bread basket of the world
Oct 15, 2012
SJ River Restoration Terrible Idea
“Fishing guide Louis Mossios says that, as a result of the project, 18,000 trout anglers per year will end up having to go to the Kings River instead.”
Oct 15, 2012
Hetch Hetchy article no award winner
The reporter then suggests that because a bunch of SF politicos oppose the initiative it will probably become "roadkill". As mentioned before, no Pulitzer for Mr. Wildermuth for that kind of "journalism".
Oct 15, 2012
$90B spent on green energy
How much was spent on new water storage?
Oct 15, 2012
Environment gets the most water
Now they are whining (Tenuous Water Supply) that they do not get enough and that unless everything fits perfectly to scheduling on the calendar, it is a crisis.
Oct 14, 2012
Drought and Dam Removal
But the State has been busy lobbying to bust down our Water sheds and Dams so then what will the State do to get the needed water????
Oct 14, 2012
Cap & Trade
There'll be a whole new category of costs related to inventorying and accounting for emission generation and mitigation.
Oct 13, 2012
Unions Behind Owens Valley Lawsuit
So instead of four guys standing around watching one guy work, they want to increase it to six guys
Oct 13, 2012
State Should Pay for Owens Valley
The people of Los Angeles TODAY did not creat this problem.
Oct 13, 2012
L.A. Should Pay for Owens Valley
Fix the dust or stop taking the water that causes it.
Oct 11, 2012
It's not about the meth, it's about the economy
There are thousands of homeless and out of work people on the streets - literally on the corners of streets in Fresno.
Oct 11, 2012
Reality of Valley Farming
As a moderate liberal, this is one area where I think left-of-center foodies are full of cow dung.
Oct 11, 2012
No on Prop 30
Do you think this will fix the real problem – runaway spending
– for any extended period?
Oct 10, 2012
Gas Prices & CARB
There is plenty of fuel in surrounding states, however, this fuel cannot be imported to this state because our CARB...
Oct 10, 2012
Bee Criticism of the President
The fact that in three years he hasn't stopped by to glad hand with the Bee Editorial Staff? This passes for criticism?
Oct 09, 2012
Cost of Feed
3 out of 4 items in grocery stores have something made from corn, be it sweeteners like in fruit juices and yogurt to thickeners using corn starch for gravies and sauces.
Oct 09, 2012
No on Prop F
These districts have already said that they aren't going to allow San Francisco to pump water out of the Don Pedro reservoir.
Oct 09, 2012
Yes on Prop F
It also seems that many people are fooled by the term "Hetch Hetchy Water" when it is really "Tuolumne River Water"
Oct 08, 2012
Cesar and the Teamsters
He was also anti-illegal immigrant as they were brought in as strike breakers
Oct 08, 2012
Bad Drinking Water
If customers can't afford even band-aids, why would they be able to afford a huge state or federal loan?
Oct 08, 2012
Where are we on BDCP?
Years of effort, millions spent and not a hell of a lot to show for it.
Oct 08, 2012
Cooperative Water Management
Where the interests of positive management and long term investment can be met on a private, not-for profit basis
Oct 07, 2012
Lengthy Litigation Ahead for HSR
They could care less how much debt the California tax payers are going to get saddeled with.
Oct 06, 2012
JFK Quote Remains True Today
"Nothing could be more disastrous for this country than for the citizens of one part of the state to feel that everything they have is theirs and..."
Oct 06, 2012
"Yes" on Restoring Hetch Hetchy
The dam at Hetch Hetchy is not a source of water for San Francisco, the TUOLUMNE RIVER is the source
Oct 05, 2012
Sierra Club has lost its direction
John Muir would disown these people who run the Sierra Club now.
Oct 05, 2012
Failed Promise of River Restoration
These farmers were told that they would receive replacement water but no announcement of a plan has been made
Oct 04, 2012
BDCP vs. WDIC
Much more water should be extracted at periods of high flow and much less, or zero, water should be extracted at periods of low flows
Oct 02, 2012
Farmworker protection was already in place
This was just a showboat bill.
Oct 02, 2012
Genuine Honor for Chazez?
Pathetic political pandering
Oct 02, 2012
'Facts' Necessary for Water Discussion
Without a workable plan to restore this water, it becomes another example of taking water used to grow food away from farmers.
Oct 01, 2012
Water and Shade for Farmworkers
I understand Brown's veto, if you had to take heat safety training you would know the laws already in place.
Sep 30, 2012
F&G says costs not heavy
Nothing the government does cost less and in fact I bet it ends up costing 50% more like most government ideas.
Sep 30, 2012
A solution in search of a problem
Well, this is a perfect example of how California works in regards business and is why businesses of all kinds have problems here
Sep 30, 2012
Dump the water in the ocean
Then wonder why we are eating contaminated food imported from China.
Sep 28, 2012
Cost of Water
Add all the colorful billing items on a bill like sewer hook up, storm drain discharge, sewer that equals water usage. Wow more money.
Sep 27, 2012
Climate "ifs", "mays" and "mights"
Of particular note, the author of the piece throws out to his readers, rather casually, that there is a report "projecting" that the San Fransisco Bay will rise by 18 inches
Sep 27, 2012
HSR Fantasy
People want to believe there will be $5.00 trips to the coast, to LA and San Francisco.
Sep 27, 2012
Hung Up on Man-Made Climate Change
Putting resources into being prepared and adapting to change is a much more sensible approach than trying to stop an inevitable natural cycle.
Sep 25, 2012
Why Don't Dems Change Williamson?
If there is a problem when Republicans abide by the law, why don't Democrats just change it or repeal it?
Sep 25, 2012
Reduce Spending, Not Increase Taxes
When ever there is a problem these bums keep running to the public for more money
Sep 25, 2012
Gov't Can't Be Trusted With More Money
How can you guarantee that the money would be well spent?
It would end up going to some free entitlement program.
Sep 24, 2012
Fixing Levees Doesn't Solve Water Reliability
While strengthening Delta levees is a good idea, it does not solve the water supply problems that are confronting 25 million Californians and farmers
Sep 21, 2012
Economy must grow before HSR
The State of California's actual DEBT to be at least $167 billion and as much as $335 billion.
Sep 21, 2012
Where is HSR Money Coming From?
By the time you make it thru all the bureaucratic red tape and mumbo jumbo, the cost will far outweigh any possible benefit
Sep 20, 2012
Which Industry Supports the Valley?
I'm sure the homeless, CCSPCA and SEIU, will have their contributions to offer.
Sep 20, 2012
Bee Fought Tax Increase
Funny I didnt see a column from my friend Bill when the Bee was fighting the county assessor's increase on their taxes
Sep 19, 2012
Applauds MID Water Sale Decision
To everyone who participated in the defense of our water, a hearty thank you.
Sep 19, 2012
Sandhill Crane Weather Forecast
For the birds to know when to migrate they would have to detect something that itself is an accurate predictor.
Sep 18, 2012
Water Baron Rhetoric
It's too bad that the energy and effort that goes into spreading false information about BDCP can not be redirected toward working with others who are committed to achieving a reliable water future
Sep 16, 2012
Denham not a moderate
He's pledged allegiance to Grover Norquist to never raise revenue on anyone no matter what the compromise might be
Sep 16, 2012
Wants Denham/Hernandez Debate
But when asked to specify an issue on which he would oppose Democratic leaders and side with Republicans, he wouldn't do it.
Sep 14, 2012
River Cleanup
I wish people would realize what a bunch of filthy pigs they're being when they dump their junk in the river.
Sep 13, 2012
Inefficient Environmental Water Use
That means holding environmental water managers to the same level of accountability for water use efficiency that agricultural and urban water users have
Sep 13, 2012
Survival of the Fittest
Let those who cannot survive fail and the natural order of supply and demand will make those who survive stronger
Sep 13, 2012
Corn Subsidies Are the Problem
The government props up one enterprise and it usually hurts another
Sep 12, 2012
Driving Force Behind HSR
So they need to make sure the boondoggle and BILLION DOLLAR
CONTRACTS are still being awarded when they leave office - it's about the money, money, money –
Sep 12, 2012
River study fails to recognize impact to ag
Fails to provide information on the potential job-killing impacts and economic harm that restoration activities will have on the Valley's farmers
Sep 10, 2012
Earth is cooler under a white road, but
This is nonsense that doesn’t even meet the level of high school science.
Sep 10, 2012
White roofs are anything but 'cool'
The air immediately above the 'white' roof is Always 10-22 degrees Hotter than the ambient (on ground)air
Sep 08, 2012
How Many Jobs for River Restoration?
This is a good investment??????????????
Sep 07, 2012
Closed-Minded on Hetch Hetchy
The alleged rate impacts are pure scare tactics from those who prefer simply not to think
Sep 07, 2012
Sings of El Nino
From what I have seen this summer, I can only say BE PREPARED.
Sep 02, 2012
Designer Research
But if you choose to believe in hockey sticks, cherry picked data, and in the ipcc and other charlatans that leave out little things like the medieval warm period
Sep 02, 2012
Salmon Will Ruin River
The excellent game fish in the river today are predatory, will feed on newly hatched salmon, and must be eliminated.
Sep 02, 2012
Restoring Our River
I am inspired and hopeful by the prospect of restoration of the San Joaquin River.
Aug 31, 2012
Cost of Tunnel
"It could go 30 percent up or down. Right now we are just dealing with preliminary estimates."
Aug 31, 2012
MWD's Reason for Tunnel Support
They want it to fuel new construction in the high desert areas east of Los Angeles--the only place left to build new developments
Aug 31, 2012
Overtime Bill Unnecessary
Defeat EVERYTHING you introduce! It'll keep you busy...and it won't harm the citizenry!
Aug 30, 2012
Feinstein in Modesto
Well, that makes MID GM Allen Short a liar
Aug 30, 2012
Hetch Hetchy Idiocy
This is by far the single worst idea I've heard of in a long line of bad ideas from these folks.
Aug 30, 2012
Dams and Flood Control
The Auburn Dam and the Marysville Dam would protect the entire valley while providing jobs
Aug 30, 2012
Flood Risk
My house is already underwater
Aug 29, 2012
Misinformation Campaign
Saying that the project will destroy salmon habitat is directly opposite to the legislature's requirement for co-equal goals
Aug 29, 2012
Get Desal Done!
I can't believe this is even still subject to debate!
Aug 29, 2012
No on Carlsbad Desal
The main reason is they simply do not know what the true costs are and are afraid to tell you that your water bill will triple to pay for this expensive water
Aug 28, 2012
Pharmaceuticals Impact Drinking Water
An increasing number of critical multi-antibiotic resistant pathogens and their genes are now being found in drinking water
Aug 27, 2012
Food Prices and Money Printing
Combine that with the collapse in household incomes over the past 4-years
Aug 26, 2012
Crops & Water Price
So if someone wants to use more water on their lawn they will pay more, and if a farmer uses more water because of the type of crop he is growing entails more water
Aug 25, 2012
PG&E and Bass Lake
Without a dam there is no lake.
Aug 24, 2012
Laird - Science - Cost
"We decided to embrace scientific uncertainty regarding the facility's operation"
Aug 24, 2012
Didn't Someone Trade a Tax Vote for CEQA Reform?
WHEN will Reeps learn that Dem promises to "we'll do that next, right after you vote for my tax..." are empty?
Aug 23, 2012
Water Contracts Direct Flow of Water
They have the option to make arrangements with the State Water Project to release water for their in-Delta use if they are willing to pay for those additional supplies.
Aug 23, 2012
We Are Under an Onslaught
AND-- the one activity that does generate money-- agriculture-- seems to
be the biggest target of all.
Aug 23, 2012
CEQA Changes? Really?
Nothing in this story shows that a majority in the Legislature is likely to approve this change to CEQA
Aug 21, 2012
Skeptical of CEQA
We've already seen they want to STUFF it with EXEMPTIONS for their PET PROJECTS such as BASKETBALL ARENAS, NFL STADIUMS and HIGH SPEED RAIL
Aug 21, 2012
CEQA Reform All About Brown's Projects
He wants his projects to go through and he wants to be there to take a bow at the ribbon cutting ceremony.
Aug 20, 2012
Positive Outcomes Through Cooperation
The result would be a reliable water supply for those who depend on it and an improved Delta ecosystem.
Aug 19, 2012
Losing Money in the Dairy Business
Many feed and farm loans are maxed out, similar to many of YOU who have underwater mortgages and overextended credit.
Aug 19, 2012
Regs Overwhelming 'mom and pops'
The regulatory advocates always target and vilify the "corporate" farms, but their "solutions" actually promotes these larger operations
Aug 19, 2012
Here's Two Words!
Oops! miscounted...Never mind
Aug 18, 2012
Regs Punishing Farmers
I hope they can survive on tree bark and clean water because that is all that will be at their disposal.
Aug 17, 2012
Leave Planting Decisions to the Farmer
To have someone not on the farm make the decision as to which crops should be planted and where does not make sense
Aug 17, 2012
San Luis Dam Could Not Be Built Today
Members of JFK's party would have stopped it cold by finding some rat or worthless fish
Aug 17, 2012
CEQA and Prop 32
If you want clean reforms that benefit everyone, and not just the special interests, support Prop 32
Aug 16, 2012
Obama and Midwest Drought
California’s water use is divided as: urban/11%; agriculture/41%; and environmental/48%.
Aug 16, 2012
Wary of Water Regs
Beware ANY legislation with the word 'environment' in it
Aug 15, 2012
Cardoza and Ethics Reform Act
Glad to see you quickly resolved your family issues so promptly to announce your new job!
Aug 15, 2012
Will Democrats Renege?
Would columnists then give dems their fair share of the blame for poisoning the atmosphere?
Aug 15, 2012
CEQA and Lucy-Football
Promise it to get a tax increase vote, then renege
Aug 14, 2012
Water Fray
Absent in this article is the emotion and rhetoric that too often creep into news stories.
Aug 14, 2012
Cloud Seeding is Theft
If cloud seeding causes precipitation to fall in the Rockies, then that vapor isn't available to fall where it otherwise would have.
Aug 13, 2012
Farmers Pay for Water They Don't Get
Get them the surface water that they are promised and that they pay for, and the groundwater levels will rise.
Aug 13, 2012
Groundwater and Surface Water Related
Farmers in California's Central Valley have been concerned for years with the overdraft situation of their water supplies from the aquifers
Aug 13, 2012
Groundwater and People
Now throw in sinks, showers, bathtubs, lawns, shrubs, washing cars...just the normal, everyday things we do without thinking.
Aug 12, 2012
Rising Prices
higher electricity prices (carbon tax, 33% law) - higher gas/diesel prices (carbon tax on refineries)
Aug 12, 2012
Terms Such As May or Could
Of course, the study called for further studies. We need a study to examine the cost benefits of studies
Aug 10, 2012
Thank goodness for the PLF
For their vigilance in battling the over-zealous members of that evil bureaucracy, the EPA.
Aug 10, 2012
SoCal Needs Desal
Nobody is moving away in droves so we need to remember that we need a local water source
Aug 10, 2012
Salmon and Rain
Stocking millions of predatory invasive bass in the delta helps to cull the few remaining salmon as well.
Aug 07, 2012
Regs Are Unscientifically Driven
Such as what happens when a non-endangered species of fish is fraudulently declared endangered, and farming water is diverted to ‘aid’ the fish, and flushed out into the ocean
Aug 07, 2012
Matsui Repeats False Information
Anyone who convinced Rep. Matsui that the Sacramento River might disappear into a hole in the ground, leaving the Delta filled with a tidal wave of seawater
Aug 07, 2012
Hyperbole of Matsui
But what is Sacramento afraid of? Their waste water treatment facility that spews ammonia into the river daily.
Aug 06, 2012
Orcas and Restricting Water
As a result of the listing, thousands of farmworkers were forced out of their jobs and impacts to the overall community reached almost $1 billion
Aug 06, 2012
Environmental Credibility
The same group of kooks want farming to cease in California and the legislature is complicit
Aug 05, 2012
CEQA Means Delay
While I'm against HSR, the bigger problem is we cannot get out of our own way to get anything done anymore
Aug 05, 2012
Hetch Hetchy Vote is for a Plan
They are not voting yes/no on tearing down the dam
Aug 05, 2012
Knock Off the Idiocy
Does anyone involved in this horsehockey idea realize the impacts of tearing down the Hetch Hetchy dam?
Aug 05, 2012
Dream On
This will not happen. Period.
Aug 03, 2012
Desal SoCal
We up North might be much more inclined to support measures like this if we saw ANY attempt by our cohorts south of the Tehachapis to provide for their own water needs
Aug 03, 2012
Water Temp in Delta
If you send the snowpack water runoff either around the Delta or under it in tunnels it won't disturb the Delta water temperatures as much.
Aug 02, 2012
Chronicle and the Delta
You should focus on Hetch Hetchy issues and make sure the environmentalists dont make you drain it
Aug 02, 2012
Work Continues for BDCP
New water was never an objective of BDCP.
Aug 02, 2012
Utopian World
He gov-ignores reality while dreaming of his unobtainable utopian world.
Aug 01, 2012
Train to Bankruptcy?
Strong leadership would cancel the train to nowhere.
Aug 01, 2012
Seven Times Over Budget
So, take the "current" CAHSRA estimate of $68 billion, times it by 7
Jul 31, 2012
CEQA Is High-Paid Blather
It's fair to say that not a single benefit to the environment has resulted from its application
Jul 31, 2012
Voter Support Waned?
Voters didn't approve $68, they approved $10. One number is 7 times the other.
Jul 30, 2012
Must Be Honestly and Professionally Calculated
They need to completely prove their case, show us the benefits, then maybe it can be built.
Jul 30, 2012
Cost Is Not Known?
How do they know the water users will be willing to pay for it when the cost is not known?
Jul 30, 2012
What about reservoirs?
Why not use at least some of the projected $40 billion to expand the resivoirs that still exist?
Jul 28, 2012
SoCal Needs Desal
Have we learned nothing from the disasters at Mono Lake and the Hetch Hetchy Valley?
Jul 28, 2012
A Little Review is in Order
Under state law water belongs to the people of the state and this project merely uses water rights granted over 50 years ago
Jul 27, 2012
There's a reason farmers use groundwater
Because the government decreased their other supplies
Jul 26, 2012
We Need Larger Water Supply
Build more Dams.
Jul 26, 2012
Delta Message Unclear
They need to spend another few bucks putting out clear and understandable explanation of the need and how the plan fulfills that need
Jul 26, 2012
We Still Need Storage
Should include massive storage points for dry years when we have average or above runoff.
Jul 25, 2012
More Food With Less Water
There is plenty of water for our economy and our environment if we manage it properly
Jul 25, 2012
Water System and Food Prices
Fighting over whether we should use it for feeding our people or washing the municipal wastes of a few bay and delta cities out to the ocean
Jul 24, 2012
Water Value Encourages Sales
So long as water itself is more valuable than the crops it is used to produce, this will most likely continue
Jul 24, 2012
Cities Need Same Scrutiny as Ag
Why do we allow municipalities to expand without any regard (the highest scrutiny that is applied to agriculture
Jul 23, 2012
Half of Water Goes Out to Sea
In wet years much more simply becomes flow to the SF Bay, like 80 to 90 percent.
Jul 23, 2012
How Much Water Does Ag Use?
Agriculture uses 80% of all developed water in the state. Am I wrong ?
Jul 23, 2012
Peripheral Canal Vote Would Pass
This project won't move any more water than has historically moved but it will do so in a much more environmentally friendly manner.
Jul 22, 2012
MWD vs the Delta
The water contractors will pay for for the tunnels and raise local water rates to recover their investment. This is actually a fiat tax!
Jul 22, 2012
Water vs. Trains
Sacramento wants to leave a legacy, but will be the wrong one, of course.
Jul 22, 2012
Blame for Groundwater Problem
They cut off the water to the valley and farmers have to pump to survive.
Jul 22, 2012
We Need Temperance Flat
I encourage everyone to take a look at the City of Fresno 2012 water table chart,
Jul 20, 2012
Reality of Farm States
Any Rep. Who votes to kill a farm bill will have a very short career in Washington
Jul 19, 2012
Writer Overlooks Statements/Reports from Scientists
A review of past years reveals that salmon populations fluctuate in 7-10 year cycles.
Jul 19, 2012
Last Three Governors Have Failed
At this point, I am just not sure the state can afford another governor
Jul 19, 2012
Need Energy, Not Trains
Too bad Jerry - you missed your chance to have an outstanding legacy
Jul 19, 2012
HSR Is Not What We Voted For
The governor and legislators of this state are so out of touch with reality now that is scary
Jul 18, 2012
There's a lot of unused water
There is no shortage of water in California -- the shortage is in its leadership.
Jul 18, 2012
Polluted Runoff
If farmers do not take care of their lands then they are out of business.
Jul 16, 2012
One-Sided Opinions Do Not Help Water Future
Try and convince people that the current conveyance proposals through the Delta are the same as put to the voters in 1982.
Jul 14, 2012
California vs. Wisconsin
The first thing Scott Walker did as Wisconsin governor was to decline federal tax dollars for a train.
Jul 14, 2012
Trains and Police
Think of that $380 million as our police and fire departments are being decimated because there is no money.
Jul 14, 2012
Trains and Cars
Automobiles go hither and yon, wherever and whenever the driver desires.
Jul 13, 2012
Teachers Unions vs Builders Unions
Those "union" teachers will be laid off by the thousands and will demand to know why you voted for a HSR boondoggle that no one wants.
Jul 13, 2012
Use I-5 Route for HSR
Plus the French company said they could do it or 38 billion dollars and my guess is that they are going to come in-budget.
Jul 13, 2012
Don't Need No Stinkin' Study
CA politicians have created a regulatory and tax environment that is unfriendly to business and workers alike.
Jul 12, 2012
A Good Plan for the Future
A project that provides food for families, water for California's economy and a structured, comprehensive overhaul of the Delta ecosystem is a good plan for the future.
Jul 10, 2012
I love trains, but
Unless we build them where people will use them, they are doomed to failure.
Jul 10, 2012
Voters Don't Trust Sacramento
Few things are more important to the State's future than an uncluttered water bond vote.
Jul 09, 2012
Now Is Not the Time for Crystal Ball Gazing
Will the uncertainty of a reliable water supply continue to plague 25 million Californians, including the farmers who grow the food?
Jul 09, 2012
Don't Drain Hetch Hetchy
Giving up a high quality water source in a growing area already likely to experience high water costs is crazy
Jul 07, 2012
Voters Are to Blame for HSR
In this next election, it is the duty of each and everyone one of us to vote against anyone who actually voted for this project
Jul 07, 2012
HSR Is Visionary, Cool, But
Operating losses will be measured in billions.
Jul 07, 2012
HSR Is Not A Jobs Project
California is paying about 5 times what the same project would cost anywhere else in the world
Jul 06, 2012
Shame on Them
I cannot believe the cynicism in sacramento, the utter lack of any common sense, and their obvious disdain for taxpayers in this state.
Jul 06, 2012
Building Anything Will Create Jobs
So is building a concrete 100-story statue of Jerry Brown in Selma
Jul 06, 2012
Don't Follow Stockton
Not everything that creates jobs is beneficial to society.
Jul 06, 2012
Oppose HSR
Then go to YOUR state senator's page, click "Contact Me", fill in your address, and write a couple of sentences
Jul 05, 2012
HSR Will Not Relieve Congestion
On the other hand, 200,000 vehicles jam the 580 and 205 every morning driving in and out of the Bay Area
Jul 05, 2012
Out of Money, But
On the one hand we do not have enough money for schools and a whole host of things
Jul 04, 2012
Peripheral Canal Might Help
Nothing would be worse for the California delta than maintaining the status quo.
Jul 03, 2012
Dams Provide Valuable Benefits
Insisting that dams have provided negative effects such as devastating the natural environment
Jul 03, 2012
No Storage in Water Bond
Providing many millions of dollars for pork barrel projects unconnected to water.
Jul 02, 2012
No Reliable HSR Business Plan
The failure to put forward such basic analysis, which is the starting point of any actual business plan, makes me very, very suspicious.
Jul 02, 2012
Government By Threat
-Tax increases or we close parks
-Tax increases or we close schools
Jul 02, 2012
No on HSR
Governor Brown, you want to cut aid to the poor, health care, state parks
Jul 01, 2012
MID Water Sale Will Impact Farmers
This year the district had cut its allotments by over 20% prior to the April rains. This was in the first year of possible drought.
Jun 28, 2012
No to HSR, Yes to Plan B
Spending it on L.A. and the Bay Area is the wisest choice, because at least the money goes to something
Jun 27, 2012
Article Ignores Bipartisan, Regional Support
The claim that HR 2578 could impact all Wild and Scenic Rivers is a complete falsehood.
Jun 26, 2012
Fairy Shrimp Protection
Any reasonable person just has to wonder how many tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer money environmentalists are willing to spend to preserve a species
Jun 25, 2012
'Big Farms' Is Poor Attempt to Discredit Farmers
It is important to recognize that San Joaquin Valley farms are very similar to those farms in the Delta
Jun 25, 2012
Tax Increases & HSR
How else can they justify taking out a new loan for a $350,000 Ferrari while at the same time asking for more money from Grandma?
Jun 24, 2012
Connect L.A. and Bakersfield
Amtrak already provides service from Madera to Bakersfield and ends in Bakersfield.
Jun 24, 2012
Bullet Train Could Make Sense Somewhere Else
Imagine a commuter train down the length of the 5 freeway, between Irvine and Valencia.
Jun 23, 2012
Sea-Level Rise Is Not New
The sea level has been rising slowly since the last major ice age.
Jun 23, 2012
Hey Moonbeam!
Your HSR plans are flawed, your checks & balances are
non-existent as well as your oversight of HSR in total
Jun 22, 2012
It Isn't Dead Until It Stops Breathing
And it is still on life support so long as Obama, Brown and the unions want it.
Jun 21, 2012
Outdated Rhetoric Paints False Picture
The amount of selenium, salt and boron (all naturally occurring minerals) reaching the river was reduced by 87%, 72% and 64% respectively.
Jun 21, 2012
HSR Speaks Volumes About Failed Leadership
For a change, maybe try reducing expenditures and creating a environment that will actually ENCOURAGE businesses to stay
Jun 21, 2012
Graceful Way Out of HSR
Just blame it on some turtle, bird or snake.
Jun 20, 2012
Depth of the Food Stamp Problem
First, the eligibility rules are too lax.
Jun 20, 2012
Trading Food Stamps for Cash
The going rate is fifty cents on the dollar
Jun 20, 2012
Bribing People With Other People's Money
"The American Republic will endure until"
Jun 17, 2012
Water Every Ten Feet?
To some extent it's nearly impossible to provide water within ten feet, take a look at some of the fields
Jun 16, 2012
Solution Looking for a Problem
Just because we can build it is not a reason to build it.
Jun 16, 2012
Lawyers Run Sacramento
Now, not only can the labor contractor be sued, but the grower too.
Jun 16, 2012
Every Energy Source Has Issues
We need energy to function as a society and therefore we must rationally weigh the costs and risks with the benefits.
Jun 16, 2012
Heat--Illness Law for Ambulance Chasers
No heat related deaths in 09 and 10, and 1 in 11...so we need another regulation?
Jun 14, 2012
Farm Bill Critique
Wish they would put this stuff where I (or they) could better see it, and sometimes just say no. Line item vetoes make perfect sense in this political environment.
Jun 14, 2012
Crop Insurance Treats Symptom
If farmers are forced to sell barely above cost despite the high risk we assume, if we're forced to compete with industrial-scale operations subsidized by cheap oil, we simply won't survive
Jun 13, 2012
Coal-Burning Power for Water
Not buying electricity from a coal power plant will not account for any reduction in CO2, unless the plant stops producing electricity period
Jun 11, 2012
Majority Don't Want HSR
63% vote to end the HSR boondoggle now & 61% say they would never take a HSR train.
Jun 11, 2012
Left Invented Environmental Tactics
This is the modern way to kill a large construction project in America today
Jun 11, 2012
What's Klamath Truth?
When Klamath Dam removal was put to a vote in Siskiyou County the citizens responded with an overwhelming "NO"!
Jun 10, 2012
Gov Doesn't Understand Basic Math
If they can't even add, and they apparently can't hear, and are unable or unwilling to comprehend the most basic solutions to problems
Jun 10, 2012
No Higher Taxes If Brown Pushes for HSR
No tax increases while the Governor and legislature show they want to increase spending.
Jun 08, 2012
Drought Is No Stranger
And the worst droughts were long ago, not recently.
Jun 08, 2012
Reducing Water Use Increases Bill
Your major costs in your bill are NOT connected to usage.
Jun 07, 2012
Stockton Area of Origin
More and more areas in Nor Cal will enact and protect their Area of Origin water and water rights
Jun 04, 2012
Tunnel is best alternative
Would only move the water that already goes to serve farms, homes, and businesses in a way that doesn't disrupt the Delta's more natural flow pattern
Jun 04, 2012
Latest HSR Poll
This article says a whopping ZERO percent said they would use it more then once a week!
Jun 04, 2012
Canal Will Not Be Built
If this project proceeds, it will be a financial and environmental boondoggle.
Jun 03, 2012
HSR Does Not Replace Roads
Perhaps you can tell us how this single rail line is going to keep us from having to maintain and upgrade all of the roads in this state that don't run between Los Angeles and San Fransisco
Jun 03, 2012
The Ego of One Man
He was handed a golden opportunity and he squandered it.
Jun 02, 2012
Jammed Down Our Throats
Yes, we voted for it but it's not the same as was proposed
Jun 02, 2012
Different rules for different projects
They know the project would never get past CEQA and that it was only a matter of time before
Jun 02, 2012
Environmental Hypocrisy
Typical to change the rule book to fit their agenda
Jun 01, 2012
Colorado River Water Irrigates the Salinas Valley?
There are numerous errors and misconceptions that could leave the reader with a false impression about food production in California
May 31, 2012
Grassland Bypass Project Reduces Runoff
The amount of selenium, salt and boron have also been reduced by 87%, 72% and 64%, respectively
May 30, 2012
People Are Too Lazy
I know field work isn't enjoyable but why should I pay to support people?
May 30, 2012
'Will Work for Food'
Now you can suggest where he might find that work
May 30, 2012
Cherry Pickers Making $15/Hr
Maybe it is because we taxpayers are paying them to stay home and collect unemployment benefits
May 28, 2012
Teens Should Work
Does anyone else recall that the reason schools gave kids 3 months off in summer was not so that they could party all summer
May 28, 2012
Unemployed Should Work the Fields
I know field work isn't enjoyable but why should I pay to support?
May 28, 2012
Healthy Should Work
Millions of California bums would rather collect benefits and complain about being in the 99%
May 27, 2012
Illegal Workers
"Illegal immigrants can be found working in many sectors of the U.S. economy. About 3 percent work in agriculture"
May 27, 2012
Farm Labor and Retail Prices
We have no problem buying computer games and other tschotkes but food, nah, we want cheap.
May 27, 2012
Success Dam Danger
For one thing, the Success Dam doesn't have an active fault line running underneath it.
May 22, 2012
ESA the "Holy Grail"
The law that has done a lot of good to protect the environment, and wreaked havoc on communities and many, many people
May 22, 2012
Blanket Statement Confuses Value of Article
It is puzzling then, why he makes blanket statements about Westlands Water District in the San Joaquin Valley being unwilling to pare back its water demands
May 21, 2012
The Country Could Never Be Built Again
The state infrastructure we are using up is like the last bit of equity
May 21, 2012
Enviros Don't Like Dams
If dams are included under the 33% mandate, they will be forced to acknowledge the trade-off in eliminating a source of clean power
May 18, 2012
Water vs. Trains
In the case of water, water users will pay the full cost of building the canal/tunnel
May 18, 2012
Remove Dams Agenda
The Coho Salmon is the current "tool" used to create public sympathy in the extremist environmentalist agenda to remove dams.
May 18, 2012
Moving Pumps Still Kills Fish
Indeed, the BDCP effects analysis concluded that under the BDCP the same allegedly "low" levels of take would continue to occur
May 16, 2012
'More Science Isn't Going to Settle This' Problem
The various parties will simply be armed with different tools, will they not?
May 13, 2012
All the Years of Study
After all these years they have not fixed a number yet.
May 12, 2012
Not a Lot of Cotton in Westlands
What she would find is lot of food (and maybe some fiber) being produced, which the vast majority of this country wants and needs
May 11, 2012
Forestry is not rocket science
It's much more complicated
May 11, 2012
Fire Policy and Water
Why does the government hoard so much of the land, when private land owners manage their land so much better?
May 09, 2012
Blogger Employs Selective Science
The author's assertion that science is rejecting moving forward in the process is simply wishful thinking.
May 09, 2012
Storage and Conveyance Emergency
Why put farmers out of business in a globalized agricultural industry? That will just invite more agricultural imports from South America.
May 08, 2012
BDCP Will Be Disaster
Mr. Wade's employer, the California Farm Water Coalition, should be very pleased with the work he does. He is always right there ready to dismiss
May 08, 2012
NRDC Twists Public Record
To support her biased views, which have repeatedly been rejected in the courtroom.
May 06, 2012
Fishermen and Gov't Kill Fish
Zeke and his so called association are on the grant money gravy train and using your tax dollars to sue the government over anything they think they can get paid for
May 06, 2012
Same Old Blame for Salmon Numbers
However, he ignores a study released this year from National Research Council scientists who cite multiple causes for the drop in Delta fish numbers
May 05, 2012
Tunnels and Rails and Carbon
If you think constructing twin 33 foot tunnels for 30 miles through peat soils with the water table virtually on top of the ground is doable at 30 billion
May 04, 2012
NorCal Dams Built by Everyone
The claim that the water released from the dams somehow should only stay in Northern California or go to the ocean unused is a fallacy
May 04, 2012
Be Careful of Name-Calling
Her characterization of farms along the west side of the San Joaquin Valley as owned "by a handful of corporate mega-farmers" is simply not true
May 01, 2012
Fight Fire With Fire
When they sue, there should be another group counter sueing them
May 01, 2012
Not a Democrat vs. Republican Issue
Dam's have suddenly become the new "evil" and the Coho Salmon the new "Spotted Owl"
May 01, 2012
Wow! 50%!!
That means the fish get the other 50%
Apr 30, 2012
Buffett and Water Bond
The Sage of Omaha would have collected $250 million from a project not even in California.
Apr 29, 2012
Bellagio Is No Problem
So the fountain uses about the same amount of water as 8 people who are staying in Las Vegas on a given day.
Apr 26, 2012
Hatch Bill and Harry Reid
His good buddy and golf partner Harry Reid says will not even be brought to a vote
Apr 25, 2012
Delta Needs the Water
Nothing more than an end run around the problem which is not enough water flowing out of the Delta to keep it flushed.
Apr 24, 2012
Historic Vision
We have been working with our federal partners to seize the once-in-a-generation opportunity to invest in our future
Apr 22, 2012
Eco-Tyranny
This book contends there is more to the eco movement than just a desire to preserve the environment
Apr 21, 2012
The Main Problem
Survival of the fittest is how nature works.
Apr 21, 2012
First Dam To Go
Hetch Hetchy. Then we talk.
Apr 18, 2012
BDCP Has No Clothes
Biological opinions restricting the delivery of water to users south of the Delta did not include consideration for impacts on the public.
Apr 15, 2012
HSR vs. Dams
We need water more than high speed rail right now.
Apr 13, 2012
Groundwater and Property Rights
These people seem to have forgotton the concept of what distingushes a captitalist society from that of a dictatorship
Apr 13, 2012
Cadiz Groundwater Debate
Will Californians move to the right or left on the question of whether water is a "public trust" doctrine issue?
Apr 13, 2012
JFK's Vision and Leadership
It would be worthwhile and inspiring for all of us to listen to the words of President Kennedy
Apr 11, 2012
Sisk Daughter Remembers Kennedy
John Kennedy had a way of making you feel that at that moment you were the most important person in his world
Apr 11, 2012
NRC Report Includes Humans
Water experts from all disciplines have said increasing storage is a necessary part of California's water supply future.
Apr 10, 2012
More Study Needed on Delta Flow
That mandate prevented the board from considering any factors other than in-Delta needs
Apr 09, 2012
Global Warming and Gov't Planners
It aims to force huge increases in population, and to house them in highrise stack&packs near "transit," and ban cars
Apr 09, 2012
Why is Global Warming Hard to Believe?
Is it because you don't want to act responsibly in the consumption of natural resources?
Apr 09, 2012
Scientists vs. Scientists on Global Warming
There are about as many scientist that disbelieve global warming as there are who do
Apr 06, 2012
Hetch Hetchy Not a Mistake
I think its a marvel of engineering that helped create the Bay Area and make it the amazing place that it is today
Apr 04, 2012
Enviros Should Not Be Major Players
Their play is pitting one group against the other in order to stall the inevitable and keep jobs for themselves as so-called 'consultants'.
Apr 04, 2012
Build More Storage
Because there just isn't any more to be had due to lack of storage.
Apr 04, 2012
'Senior' vs. 'Junior' Water Rights
The federal system was built decades before the state project. Therefore,
Apr 03, 2012
Drought and Lush Lawns
Don't tell me I have to let my little 15x20 patch of grass dry up because there's a drought and then let me see the lush landscape at the ritzy places
Apr 03, 2012
Something's Fishy
All the major reservoirs in northern and central California, except Millerton, are above normal levels for this time of year
Apr 02, 2012
Flood Plan Flawed
I wish some of these guys would come work alongside us for maybe six months and see how we affect the economy
Apr 01, 2012
Desal Instead of HSR
Just add the $10 billion Moonbeam wants to poop away on high speed rail and I believe we have what is refered to as a Plan
Mar 30, 2012
When will we do something to help people?
These non profit law firms are ripping off the people of California right, and left, and their lawsuits never result in
Mar 30, 2012
Most Significant Find of NAS Report
Professor Glibert’s departure from the NRC-BD and the ideological dispute over her exit might have been
Mar 29, 2012
New Study Provides 'Excellent News'
The report makes clear the need for a multi-faceted approach toward solving environmental challenges that limit the water supply for millions
Mar 27, 2012
Delta Pumping Study Ignores Facts
It ignores reports that indicate that losses for salmon from predators are greater than those numbers salvaged at the Delta pumps
Mar 26, 2012
Water in California is Politics
Those in charge have zero idea of how to manage it once elected
Mar 26, 2012
Organic Farming Will Take Up the Slack
We are banking on that IPO with facebook to fill up to cofers
Mar 26, 2012
Problem Solved
Change the D-word to "Dams"
Mar 25, 2012
'Rainfall Shortage' Headline Misleading
Even if the high estimate of 1/2 inch is realized, we will still be approximately 3.5 inches short
Mar 23, 2012
Salmon and the Pumps
Some individuals continue to lay the blame for low salmon numbers at the pumps but science is proving otherwise.
Mar 20, 2012
MWD & HR 1837
I’m betting MWD would like to see if HR1837 can set a precedent they can use.
Mar 20, 2012
Nitrates Applied Decades Ago
I challenge anyone to compare today's farming practices with those
of past decades
Mar 20, 2012
Delta Plan Includes Local Voices
The fact is, everybody who uses the Delta thinks it belongs to them and that it should meet their needs first
Mar 19, 2012
Delta Tunnel Is Unaffordable
Beneficiaries of the project intend to push as much cost as possible (especially for "mitigation" of the massive project's impacts) onto the general public
Mar 19, 2012
Does Tunnel Cost Include Environmental Hurdles?
Because laying the pipe's underground will effect the kangaroo rat
Mar 19, 2012
A New State Agency Could Monitor Nitrates
Then write a couple thousand pages of new regulations and slam them down with possible billions in penalties for non compliance!
Mar 16, 2012
Crock Concocted By Crooks
This is a hoax which will kill the river for decades or longer.
Mar 16, 2012
Dam Report Is Not Reliable
In spite of 35 pages of needed corrections, calrifications, and changes, the overview 'appears to be reliable
Mar 15, 2012
Water Distribution and the Economy
When you count both Direct and Indirect contributions to our GDP, it is the source of $100 Billion annually in California's economy
Mar 15, 2012
Nunes Bill and the ESA
You must regard the water project and base supply ALONG with the endangered species act because the state of CA has abused this act to kill many projects
Mar 15, 2012
Environmental Water Allocations
which is now the largest consumer of water in the state.
Mar 13, 2012
Feinstein is Sincere
H.R. 1837 demonstrates the level of frustration many people feel over California water policy.
Mar 13, 2012
Delta Water in San Diego
The delta supply is at risk and we need to do something solid to safeguard that supply.
Mar 12, 2012
Tunnel is Water Grab by MWD
Today's tunnel proposition is just the same watergrab, but more sophisticated.
Mar 11, 2012
Hetch Hetchy Belongs to All Americans
Hetch Hetchy Valley is no more SF's birthright than the Grand Canyon is Arizona's birthright
Mar 11, 2012
Enviros and H.R, 1837
What the Environmentalists do not like about HR 1837 is that it would take away, at least temporarily, their ability to sue, which is how they make money and gain
prestige.
Mar 10, 2012
Feds Are Involved in Cal Water Policy
Congress voted on the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement, which will take a couple of hundred thousand acre feet
Mar 10, 2012
Feds Should Not Get Involved in State Water Policy
Why should Republicans from Alabama and Mississippi, etc., be voting on water issues in Calfornia?
Mar 10, 2012
Arena Instead of Clean Water
However, clean drinking water, functioning sewer / sanitation systems should be a priority
Mar 07, 2012
Stormwater Runoff Not Adequately Captured
More reservoirs like the San Luis could be built to serve farming interests in the Central Valley by simply capturing stormwater runoff
Mar 07, 2012
$70 Million and Zero Progress
I'm SHOCKED!
Mar 06, 2012
Government 'Backsliding' on SJ River
They have not done the studies and construction work to prepare for restoration flows that are required under the agreement.
Mar 06, 2012
Shouldn't Farm in a Desert
Without artificial irrigation and draining of rivers - this area is essentially a DESERT
Mar 06, 2012
Not a Desert
A "desert" conjures up visions of sand and cactus, things that have never been in the San Joaquin Valley.
Mar 04, 2012
If the EDF Says It's Good, It Must Be Bad
No doubt they have ripped out a large portion of pulled pork for themselves and their radical friends in this deal
Mar 04, 2012
Hetch Hetchy Not Second Yosemite Valley
HH could be made much more valuable for recreation by
just changing the rules to allow human-powered boats (canoes, etc).
Mar 04, 2012
We Need Bold Imagination
Millions of gallons of run-off are sent wastefully through the Carquinez Straits into the SF Bay and Pacific Ocean each year.
Mar 03, 2012
Hetch Hetchy Will Stay
The quality of our water is superior, and that there are no alternatives to provide the city with it
Mar 03, 2012
Critical of BDCP Tunnel Plan
This is all for a supposed "conservation" plan that probably won't save the fish, who most critically need flows in the Sacramento River and the Delta to survive.
Mar 02, 2012
Don't Tear Down Any Dams
With the booming and ever-growing population, with half of the state as a desert climate and an impending drought cycle on the horizon, all of the state's major dams will be needed
Mar 01, 2012
Moving Intakes From South Delta to North Makes No Sense
Simply changes the flow pattern in the Delta from cross flow to no flow.
Mar 01, 2012
Fish Screens Would Solve the Pump Problem
Truly a boondoggle of huge proportions which would make Jerky's HSR "Moonbeam Express" look cheap by comparison.
Mar 01, 2012
Unelected Bureaucrats Deciding Water Policy
The government in California has gone wild, grown too large, and is systematically destroying our beautiful State
Feb 28, 2012
Where Was the Outrage?
The Miller-Bradley Bill, otherwise known as CVPIA took 800,000 acre feet (per year) away from CVP contractors/farmers.
Feb 27, 2012
BDCP Rammed Down Our Throats
Do you know what it won't have ?
A cost benefit/analysis. Why is that ?
Feb 27, 2012
Why Doesn't Friant Support Nunes?
I can't understand why the Friant Water Users Authority and their growers in Tulare County and on the east side,don't support this bill?
Feb 26, 2012
You Got To Be Kidding
I wonder how much he expensed CBS for an undercover sting that nabs 3 old guys drinking wine from a bottle one guy brings from home
Feb 25, 2012
Skepticism Is An Important Part of Science
Anyone who was skeptical about the alarmist claims before will find those claims even more difficult to believe after this behavior.
Feb 25, 2012
Farmers Already Measure Water Deliveries
Districts are able to calculate delivered quantities to individual farms
Feb 24, 2012
Groundwater Storage Requires Surface Water
Does not work without surface storage because it requires slow release into the ground.
Feb 24, 2012
Liberal Buzzwords
When I see the liberal buzzwords "sustainable", "portfolio", " diverse", "collective"
Feb 23, 2012
Too Many Climate Change Lies
The polar bear die-off was a lie. The hockey-stick temperature increase was a lie. The Antartica melting chunks the size of California was a lie. The Himmalayas melting was a lie
Feb 23, 2012
Bee Editorial on Peter Gleick
The "sadest" part of this whole affair is that supposedly educated dupes, such as the editorialists at the Bee, are gullible enough to get sucked into hoaxes like this
Feb 22, 2012
Gleick Should Get Al Gore Award
He read those documents, concluded that there was no smoking gun in them, and then forged a two-page memo
Feb 22, 2012
Science Certainty Has Been Proven Wrong Before
And yet these previously established dogmas have all gone to the scientific trash bin.
Feb 22, 2012
Scientists do poor job of explaining
We'll "believe" the science when we have evidence and if you can not present it, get out of the way.
Feb 21, 2012
Ends Justifies the Means
When the end safety of the planet is at stake, any atrocity is permissible.
Feb 21, 2012
Failure of Regulatory System
People who live in Manhattan high rises, and believe Central Park is the wilderness, have litigated entire industries out of existence.
Feb 21, 2012
Drought Not God-Created
I live every day with double digit unemployment, empty strip malls, and college graduate grandchildren living with their parents
Feb 20, 2012
Take Water After It Leaves the Delta
Plus, the Delta would thereby be able to receive all the water it needs to help restore/manage it back to health
Feb 20, 2012
'Wierd Way' To Save Fish
If there are to be any new diversions, they should be in the West Delta, after the freshwater has had a chance to flow through the system
Feb 20, 2012
Bonds Are An Expensive Tax
These bonds cost the taxpayers about $18 billion over 30 years to pay off both the principal and interest.
Feb 19, 2012
Republican Hypocrisy About State's Rights?
What about the hypocrisy of the practice of interfering with laws on the grounds that they don't protect some little bug that no one has ever heard of?
Feb 19, 2012
'Water-stan' Shows Complexity of Water War
The "Stans" and those that attempt to play peacemakers are clearly embroiled in what is a fight for what is right
Feb 19, 2012
Expect More from the Bee
Yet he meanders around the essential points about "Water-stan."
Feb 17, 2012
SoCal is the Problem
The cities south of the grapevine should never have been there...and over the years they have been stealing water from their neighbors..
Feb 17, 2012
Problem is in the Mirror
You want to see what the problem is? Go stand in front of a mirror. And you see the problem.
Feb 17, 2012
Lack of bipartisanship
The democrats completely locked out the republicans from 2009-2010, so there shouldn't be a single one complaining about "bipartisan collaboration"
Feb 16, 2012
Environment Gets Most Water
Far more of our water is allocated to alleged environmental purposes--mostly relying on poor science
Feb 16, 2012
Support for Water Bond
Interests who claim the water bond should be defeated are out of step with almost two-thirds of California voters.
Feb 16, 2012
Serious Doubts About BDCP
A massive new tunnel or canal is not a conservation measure and would not restore natural flows to the Delta
Feb 15, 2012
Leaving everything natural is a dream
There are some wrongs that we need to consider sensible solutions to, instead of allowing politics to reign over.
Feb 14, 2012
Bigger Dams are Better
Having more water adds flexibility in dry years maintaining ones ability to send water down the channels that would have otherwise been starved of those additional flows.
Feb 14, 2012
Dam 'Shell Game'
To characterize the recent proposal to raise Shasta Dam and apportion the costs as a "shell game" is misguided and short-sighted.
Feb 12, 2012
Next Generation Article a Whole Lotta Nuthin'
Think about it, your son walks in and says "dad you can sell your water rights for more money than you can make in 20 years" What do think is going to happen?
Feb 12, 2012
Regulations are destroying farming
We are regulating farms out of existence just like we did steel mills and auto plants.
Feb 10, 2012
Restoring Salmon to SJ River
The author is just plain wrong in his assertion that there has been a net water supply benefit to farmers who gave up water to the restoration program.
Feb 10, 2012
Oppose Klamath Dam Removal
If there were no dams, there would be nothing to hold back flood waters
Feb 10, 2012
Autocratically-Determined Water Rates
The traditional democratic process of floating a water bond and having people VOTE on it is being supplanted everywhere
Feb 09, 2012
Who benefits?
Their agricultural company Suterra acquired a bunch of near-worthless land in western Kern County
Feb 09, 2012
How many people can California handle?
Common sense tells you that should be square one..something these guys lack
Feb 09, 2012
SoCal needs desal and 'gray' water
The wild swing from last year's torrential rains to this year's drought shows that we simply can't rely on Sierra snowpack
Feb 08, 2012
Misinformation
It is time to stop this kind of mis-information and in many cases outright lies form environmental groups like the NRDC
Feb 08, 2012
DFG Turns Their Back on Science
by refusing to move forward with new regulations governing striped bass.
Feb 07, 2012
SoCal Must Use the Ocean
No one seems to worry that the canals from NoCal or eastern Cal-Nev could be broken apart by an earthquake.
Feb 07, 2012
"No" on All Bonds
Meanwhile, we are on the hook for all of them, are functionally insolvent, and still have nothing to show for them
Feb 07, 2012
Water Bond Will Cost Plenty
In the last 20 years the voters have approved other “water bonds” with similar sounding names, amounting to over $15 billion dollars.
Feb 06, 2012
Myths and Facts?
He fails to add the list of stressors that scientists are in agreement with, namely, predators, water quality, loss of food and habitat
Feb 05, 2012
A Bond is a Tax
Can anyone pinpoint where the over $15 billion in taxpayer approved water bonds has gone over the last 20 years?
Feb 05, 2012
No to More Debt
How about NO MORE debt we can't afford because we have about $15 billion a year in bond payments
Feb 04, 2012
Need More Electrical Choices
I agree that Hydroelectric power should be considered green. Truth is that you will not see as many Hydro plants built in the future
Feb 04, 2012
Solar and Wind Only is a Scam
Remember, follow the money. See who is getting the money from green and how much they donated
Feb 03, 2012
Striper Limits Should Be Increased
I say to heck with the sport fishing groups. I am not ready to concede and lose the delta/river system to a foreigner(Striped Bass)
Feb 03, 2012
More water for salmon
Turn Westlands into a solar farm, and keep more water flowing in the Delta.
Feb 03, 2012
Feds are supposed to provide drainage
Further claims that Westlands is "grabbing" water don't square
Feb 02, 2012
Tearing Down Dams Is the Answer
Yank out all of the dams and the environment will magically heal itself, the fish will all reappear, all will be well with the world.
Feb 02, 2012
Defining 'Delta Water'
How many people in a survey could come up with the correct answer when asked to define "Delta water"?
Feb 02, 2012
Environmental Fraud
Neglecting what is important but boring in favor of what is useless but makes for sexy campaign posters.
Jan 31, 2012
Cost/Benefit Analysis for Canal
Without a cost/benefit analysis how the heck are we supposed to know what we’re getting ourselves into?
Jan 31, 2012
Klamath Agreement?
The county where 3 of the 4 dams are located voted in a legal general election to keep the dams (by 79%)
Jan 30, 2012
Sacramento Must Clean Up Sewage
Sacramento discharges 14 tons of ammonia per day into the river
Jan 30, 2012
Taxed to Death
Instead of taxing us more, how about yall learn how to do more with less like we have to do in the private sector??
Jan 30, 2012
Where Has the Money Gone?
Just like every other public entity they have squandered away everything, overpromised everything and now are asking for more
Jan 29, 2012
Tearing Down Dams Good or Bad?
The people of San Francisco wants everyone else to suffer for the environment because they raped the land first.
Jan 28, 2012
Dry Winter and Fires
We haven't had a major fire through our area in over 80 years, so we are overdue
Jan 27, 2012
7 Studies on Hetch Hetchy
All concluded that restoration is both feasible and practical.
Jan 27, 2012
Feinstein vs. Lungren
It seems Rep Lungren has a better understanding than Senator Feinstein.
Jan 27, 2012
Unrealistic Salmon Goals
"Intrinsic potential habitat" is obvious code for the control of the lands from ridge top to ridge to
Jan 26, 2012
How much water? At what cost?
It is unfortunate that the author chose to write this article in a manner that includes incorrect information
Jan 26, 2012
It Would Take 200-Years to Restore Hetch Hetchy
Wishing something that is impractical to be practical does not change its practicability nor will it change our state's unquenchable thirst for water.
Jan 26, 2012
Let SF Live By Its Own Rules
San Fransicko environmental cases have no problem busting dams for fish
Jan 25, 2012
If Sacramento Was a Private Company
Yet, when our government pollutes the water we find excuses and delays.
Jan 25, 2012
Australia Water Solution
For one-seventh the proposed cost of California High-Speed Rail, Australia will get one-third of its water from desalinization.
Jan 25, 2012
NRDC Mythical Checklist
Farmers and public water agencies south of the Delta have never denied that the Delta ecosystem is in need of restoration
Jan 24, 2012
Striped Bass Eat Salmon
Ignores the research that has found juvenile salmon inside the stomachs of stripers.
Jan 24, 2012
No Reason to Fear DSC
Projects that do not affect those two goals or conflict with flood control programs do not fall under the purview of the Council’s authority
Jan 23, 2012
We can afford HSR, but not Hetch Hetchy
Is the Chronical editorial staff hypocritical or just dumb or both?
Jan 22, 2012
HSR in Brown's 7th Term
If we don't upgrade our water infrastructure, we could run out of water
Jan 22, 2012
Invest vs. Steal From the Future
So, if not stealing from the future, where or where is the $$$ coming from?
Jan 22, 2012
Brown Tax Grab
Going to insist on pushing his high speed rail fantasy at the same time he is pushing his tax hike
Jan 20, 2012
Delaying the Water Bond
Brown won't cut the fat pensions of public union employees. He won't cut the benefits illegal aliens
Jan 20, 2012
Water more crucial than rail
This dubious budget perspective and the fact he continues to pander to the unions and bloated educrat industry
Jan 20, 2012
Quake is cheaper than fixing Delta
He specifically said you can’t justify spending over $10 billion on a canal because of the earthquake risk alone.
Jan 19, 2012
Brown's Contradictions?
A harsher way of putting it would be "blatantly dishonest".
Jan 18, 2012
Water Junkies
Why should we here in the north have to pay more in taxes and higher water bills to sate Southern California's water junkie habit?
Jan 18, 2012
Canal is Business as Usual
California has mined, clear cut, diverted and developed the natural environment for 163 years.
Jan 18, 2012
Yes on the Canal
If you notice how we worry about floods it is obvious we have excess
Jan 17, 2012
Flood control cost
Proposed cost $17 billion...Actual cost $51 billion
Jan 17, 2012
Humans are parasites
A single earthworm does more for Mother Nature than any human
Jan 17, 2012
Auburn Dam and Marysville Dam for Flood Control
These two structures have been on the drawing boards since Jerry Brown's dad was Governor
Jan 16, 2012
Who's the Sucker?
A few bioligists and their lawn chairs screwing with the lives of a million citizens who PAY their useless salaries.
Jan 16, 2012
SoCal Water
So Cal doesn't begin to have enough water to support it's population. When is enough enough?
Jan 16, 2012
Fish-Friendly Guise
Well meaning farmers with no issues are unintentionally opening the door even greater regulation...
Jan 15, 2012
Gov. Should Support Water Over HSR
Hard to imagine that HSR has a higher priority
Jan 15, 2012
Supports Canal
The project will not adversely affect any legal user of water in the Delta.
Jan 15, 2012
Enviros Control Politicians
Environmental allocations, mandated by activist judges, is THE largest allocation for water in the state
Jan 14, 2012
Cost/Benefit Analysis for Peripheral Canal
If there is nothing to hide then what's the problem?
Jan 14, 2012
Legislators Misunderstand BDCP
The Legislative oversight proposed by Huber in AB 550 would not have interfered with any authority or broken any promises.
Jan 13, 2012
Pork in Water Bond
What does any of that pork do to protect our water supply oy repair the ongoing damage being done to the Delta and it's fisheries?
Jan 11, 2012
Dams Would Help Now
We need not worry; I think they will provide bottled water on their trains!
Jan 11, 2012
Be a Part of the Delta Solution
You also can read opinions of those involved, put your input there as well, and just be informed
Jan 11, 2012
Desal vs. Recycled
No one squawks about drinking water from the Sacramento River, but how many cities dump their treated waste water into that river?
Jan 10, 2012
Thankful for Reservoir Storage
Water delivery will be at 60% of allocation which is still high for the spring and summer
Jan 10, 2012
Drought is Big News
We are setting never before seen records for zero rain/snow this season.
Jan 08, 2012
HSR vs. Water
At the same time, we go year to year hoping that we have enough rainfall/snowpack to sustain our state, so farmers can grow food, which is essential, as well as for drinking, which is essential.
Jan 08, 2012
Need a Unified Plan
Start with not listening to ecofreaks whining about a 3 inch long fish possibly going extinct
Jan 08, 2012
Feds Should Help With Delta
Did the people of New Orleans have to pay to fix their levees and sort out their mess?
Jan 08, 2012
Get Rid of Local Water Agencies
with their highly paid staffs and create one state-wide water administration
Jan 07, 2012
Let's Talk Numbers
To get back to normal much of Central California and the Sierra will have to have an average of between 120 and 200%
Jan 07, 2012
Weather Memories Are Short
We in CA had essentially no rain for 6 weeks last year from Jan 3-mid Feb
Jan 06, 2012
Repair Water Infrastructure
That is why we need to be able to store water in wet years so it is available to use when it's dry
Jan 06, 2012
No Need to Recycle with Hetch Hetchy
SF currently does not recycle a drop of water whereas 20% of Orange County's tap water is recycled.
Jan 05, 2012
Could Be the Weather Story of the Decade
The news media is still asleep at the wheel about this developing story.
Jan 05, 2012
Questions Runoff Lawsuit
I wonder what the source of information is that the suing group is using to support its allegations of wrong-doing.
Jan 04, 2012
Water Exports Not the Only Problem in the Delta
Without the increased rain and snow, Delta fish will again suffer because of the 146 million gallons of treated sewage daily discharged
Jan 04, 2012
TV Weather
Maybe our local TV weather donks will take our no rain situation seriously and realize that we're headed for trouble!
Jan 03, 2012
Who should be allowed immunity from responsibility?
Without participation from all who divert "from" and/or discharge "to" the entire watershed how will a plan succeed ?
Jan 03, 2012
NorCal vs. SoCal Water Use
Southern California, with its extensive use of recycled water, is much more water conscious than Northern California.
Jan 02, 2012
Lake Berryessa and
the death of Monticello
Dec 29, 2011
Earthquakes and the Tunnel/Canal
I wish that those in favor of the canal/tunnel would just come clean on this.
Dec 29, 2011
Danger of Taking On ESA
Richard Pombo of California, tried hard to change the law, only to earn the enmity of environmentalists
Dec 28, 2011
Rain Season Not Over Yet
The winter is just beginning
Dec 27, 2011
Bass Lake Zero Rainfall
Folks are finally starting to take notice that the normally snow covered Sierra range is practically bare with only a few inches remaining
Dec 27, 2011
Feinsteiin 'Slick' Maneuver
I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that the vast majority of the Senators voting on this legislation didn't even know this "slick" provision was in it
Dec 27, 2011
Water Board Reports to No One
They have turned into the most powerful board and the most costly board in the State.
Dec 26, 2011
'Unrealistic' Standard
Science and engineering need to come into play
Dec 26, 2011
Stormwater Will Be Clean
When everyone leaves the state
Dec 26, 2011
'Toxic' Stormwater
Stormwater contains sediment just like stormwater has for thousands of years.
Dec 25, 2011
Less Stripers Equals More Salmon
What is not discussed in this article is Striped Bass
Dec 25, 2011
Salmon Cycles Happen
It is a real waste of effort and money trying do something that only nature can solve - a wet season.
Dec 25, 2011
There's a reason kids don't want to keep the farm
It is back breaking, animals don't get sick on schedule but on holidays
Dec 23, 2011
Realities of the Delta
Who should be allowed immunity from responsibility for their impacts to a Public Trust Resource ?
Dec 22, 2011
It Takes a Crisis
Writing that affected parties should push for reforms and tackle difficult policy issues will predictably have no effect
Dec 22, 2011
Mega Drought
The authors leave us hanging by not explaining
Dec 22, 2011
Recycled Water
People need to start accepting that recycled water is going to be a big part of our state's water solutions
Dec 20, 2011
Recorded Weather History Is Short
Our "average" rainfall is the product of huge annual variation
Dec 19, 2011
HSR vs. Dams
Glad everyone is wasting time with hsr
Dec 15, 2011
Talk the Talk or Walk the Walk
They will not walk the walk
Dec 15, 2011
Need More Dams, Not Less
No new dams are even in the planning stage any where on the horizon
Dec 13, 2011
Where Would SF Get Their Water?
That is the question none of the advocates for draining Hetch Hetchy want to discuss.
Dec 13, 2011
Hetch Hetchy Politics Backward
The liberal Feinstein opposes restoration of a natural wonder. The conservative Lungren wants to restore the environment
Dec 12, 2011
Sups Need to Participate
It's their loss if they want to excuse themselves from participating in our democracy.
Dec 12, 2011
Siskiyou Boycott
Dissent seems to be good and fine when the lefties, urged on by our president himself
Dec 11, 2011
Resnick Philanthropy
Is much appreciated and great help.
Dec 10, 2011
Striped Bass Regs
The elephant in the room is water allocation and development around salmonid spawning habitat
Dec 10, 2011
Of course the climate is changing
Our earth has been undergoing climate changes for thousands of years and will continue
Dec 10, 2011
Climate Change Gravy Train
California has droughts every 30 years or so and we have big floods every 30 years or so.
Dec 10, 2011
Climate Scam
Global warming theory has been proven false over the last 10 years
Dec 07, 2011
Human Water Use Clarification
This statement is technically correct but it may allow the casual reader to think that 80 percent of ag water is "lost."
Dec 07, 2011
Wanger's Judicial Ethics
What's surprising is that Wanger and his new partners ever thought they could get away with
Dec 06, 2011
Wanger is the Best
Handling this case before a court of appeal in the state court system is neither improper nor
Dec 05, 2011
Partisan Water Research
Nonpartisan? I think individuals would be better served to read the study instead of allowing someone with a bias viewpoint to tell them
Dec 04, 2011
Sack Dam vs. Klamath Dams
Better get their Dam stories straight.
Dec 03, 2011
Wanger Beyond Reproach
He left the bench to become a private lawyer, representing clients in an area in which he has recognized expertise -- water law.
Dec 03, 2011
What if Wanger Went to Work for Environmentalists?
I just can't picture the Chronicle editorializing against Judge Wanger if he had gone to work for an environmentalist organization
Dec 02, 2011
Wanger a man of impeccable reputation
If only our lazy media were 10% that dedicated to promoting the truth!
Dec 02, 2011
SoCal Water
You'd better hope MWD's system is sustainable, because if it's not, the Southern California economy will collapse
Dec 01, 2011
Wanger Non-Issue
You want him to go practice slip-and-fall law for a few years just to allay a silly sense of "concern"?
Dec 01, 2011
Wanger and Westlands
Total annual compensation for the 112 Westlands employees in 2009, at the height of the drought, reached over $6 million
Nov 30, 2011
To Protect the People, Limit the People
Typical government mentality
Nov 30, 2011
Merced River Lawsuits
Money is the reason our US Parks are in the courtrooms under litigating circumstances
Nov 29, 2011
Klamath Water War is not Over
Once again, the citizens are being ignored, proven science ignored
Nov 28, 2011
More Studies for Stripers
Hold a gazillion costly meetings to come to the conclusion that more studies are needed.
Nov 28, 2011
Nothing Has Been Done on the San Joaquin
There has not been one shovel of dirt turned on any project and the San Joaquin River is exactly as it was in 2006.
Nov 27, 2011
Cost of California Regs
Regulation results in an employment loss of 3.8 million jobs which is a tenth of the State’s population
Nov 27, 2011
Over-Regulation Is the Issue
Tearing down the dams will end up costing each and every person in California a lot of money
Nov 25, 2011
'Fish-Killing' Dams
The Klamath was one of only 2 rivers open for salmon fishing during the statewide closure of a few years ago
Nov 25, 2011
Walters Didn't Get Editorial Board Memo
Why should the state taxpayer in California contribute anything toward the cost of removing these dams?
Nov 25, 2011
Dan Walters and Warren Buffett
I do think he is being disingenuous when he paints big bad Warren Buffet and Pacific Corp as the beneficiaries and not the Oregon ratepayers
Nov 24, 2011
ARkStorm Chances
Is this another one of those hypothetical situations that we, as Californians, are expected to put millions?
Nov 24, 2011
Farmland and Developers
Farming and the agriculture is a better way of earning profits and tax revenue
Nov 23, 2011
Stripers vs. Salmon
Other factors impacting the salmon decline include disappearing habitat and food supply caused by wastewater discharges
Nov 23, 2011
Me Too
you read it anyway though, didn't you? Yeah, me too.....
Nov 23, 2011
Stripers, Not Strippers
Ho hum.
Nov 22, 2011
Is it wrong to sign a contract and then expect it to be fulfilled?
Individuals who brush aside the resulting benefits to these water deliveries cry out against the BDCP and offer no alternative
Nov 21, 2011
Water Is Most Important Issue
Water rights will determine the power in this state..for generations.
Nov 20, 2011
Miller & Matsui
I do not support Miller/Matsui special interests
Nov 20, 2011
Climate Change Deniers
Using their education from AM radio, Fox news and CEU, chain email university
Nov 20, 2011
What will climate change mean?
It will mean that AB 32 and all the NUT BAGS that supported it will see the State of California be sucked down
Nov 18, 2011
BDCP MOA
Again, the control that many fear has been bestowed upon the publicwater agencies does not exist
Nov 17, 2011
Ag Water-Efficiency
The new study also shows that farmers have been making excellent decisions on how to manage the water they use
Nov 16, 2011
Pumps Aren't Only Stressors
including predators, water quality, toxic discharges of wastewater from cities
Nov 16, 2011
Striped Bass are Predators
The real agenda is to drive LA back into desert, turn the Central Valley back
Nov 16, 2011
Opposes Klamath Dam Removal
At the core of this movement to take out dams is great corruption.
Nov 15, 2011
'Co-Equal' Goals
The "co-equal" mandate is bunk because the definition of "co-equal" in the bills is modified by language
Nov 15, 2011
Must Work Together
If California is going to retain its position as a supplier of food and trading partner, then a reliable supply of water must be a part
Nov 15, 2011
Cost of Klamath Dam Removal
When you get government involved things will go to heck. That is a fact.
Nov 15, 2011
Klamath Opinions vs. Facts
THESE DAMS ARE OBSOLETE! Keeping them running would quite simply cost far more than they are worth.
Nov 14, 2011
Job Creation Numbers Are a Joke
Haven't we had enough of dishonest stimulus math?
Nov 14, 2011
We Can Still Do Big Things
Those waterways are classic examples of what the American people can accomplish when government gets out of the way
Nov 14, 2011
Hetch Hetchy Before Klamath
First let Us remove the Hetch Hetchy Dam
Nov 13, 2011
'Damning' Each Other
Reasonable people should be able to sit down and solve our issues with the Klamath dams.
Nov 13, 2011
Amused By Birmingham
As much as we all would like to return to a time where we could have "what we used to have" the reality is that you can never go back
Nov 13, 2011
The Water Promised Under Law
Shh, the Sacbee didn't want its readers to know this fact because it didn't fit the agenda they were pushing
Nov 12, 2011
When in Doubt, Delay
Enough studies. Enough character assassination. Step up and lead this long-overdue project.
Nov 12, 2011
Critical of Bee Editorial
The BDCP process that you criticize is the procedure laid out in federal law and promoted by the Legislature's water bills in 2009
Nov 12, 2011
Animals and Weather
It has been like I've never seen it before the squirrel's have been going crazy gathering pine cone nuts
Nov 11, 2011
Soros & Buffet
So we have wealthy men, one of which says the "wealthy should pay more taxes" wanting the removal of the dams
Nov 11, 2011
Things Have Changed
Some seem to think the fish run is the only important aspect to consider
Nov 11, 2011
Farming Is Bad
Wilderness is Good
Nov 11, 2011
'Fish Killing Dam' Mentality
Looks live they're planning on spending around 1 billion dollars to remove perfectly functional dams
Nov 10, 2011
Your Pollution Bad, Mine OK
So where is the lawsuits to stop Sacramento, Stockton, etc. from dumping under-treated/untreated sewage into the Sacramento River?
Nov 10, 2011
Drainage Is Nuisance Lawsuit
Consequently, downstream stretches of the river are no longer listed as impaired for selenium by water regulators
Nov 08, 2011
Regarding Water Pork
If we don't castrate the politicos in Sacramento and do it soon, the only way out of this will be bankruptcy.
Nov 07, 2011
Bike Trails Aren't Pork
More cycling infrastructure means less cars on the road which in turn means fewer potholes.
Nov 07, 2011
California is Out of Money
We can’t keep spending our future tax dollars on frivolous expenditures
Nov 06, 2011
Facts About Klamath
Dam removal will expose Shasta People's, Burial, Spiritual and Ceremonial grounds and villages which are currently protected by reservoirs behind the dams
Nov 06, 2011
Fish Should Come in Second
I say Property Rights are most important in a FREE country
Nov 06, 2011
Two Options For Delta
The liberals oppose both so we are still stuck in a 1960's mind set.
Nov 04, 2011
Auburn Dam First, Then Canal
One point: in the last 40 years California has not built one new dam for storage of water
Nov 03, 2011
Defund DFG
Let's make F&G an endangered species
Nov 01, 2011
NRDC vs. PLF
An attempt to rewrite history
Oct 31, 2011
BDCP MOA Misunderstood
The public water agencies are not granted a controlling role in the process
Oct 31, 2011
Smelt and Food Costs
Caused by unsafe food products from foreign countries that don't have the controls we do
Oct 31, 2011
Protecting the Fish That Endangers the Lives of Millions
The 9th circuit should put some glasses on and take a look at the devastation
Oct 29, 2011
SoCal Has Too Much Influence?
Democrats seem to have a penchant for disavowing agreements
Oct 26, 2011
Conflict of Interest
Moon's efforts will be solely focused on BDCP and she will be accountable to DWR.
Oct 26, 2011
Please Regulate Dust
How did any of these morons ever get out of college?
Oct 25, 2011
Destroy Ag in California?
Their answer is import food instead of growing it here at home. I will never understand the group.
Oct 25, 2011
Water & Crops & Supply & Demand
If water is lost to the ocean and we can only grow 2 MB, the demand is the same, the price will go up
Oct 23, 2011
It's Not About Public Benefit
I have watched the legions of enforcers make petty objections, or turf wars
Oct 23, 2011
Too Many Regs
But this state is awful to deal with
Oct 22, 2011
Cap and Trade: The latest job-killing legislation
CA set a record in 2010 with more than 200 companies Departing the State
Oct 22, 2011
Environmental Cost/Benefit Analysis
Policy on the environment begins by recognizing that the modern industrial economy produces pollution
Oct 22, 2011
Bureaucratic Bullies
How many jobs has California lost due to over the top environmental standards?
Oct 22, 2011
Get Rid of the EPA
Conservatives are trying to poison the water, run for the hills!
Oct 21, 2011
Fake Syrup
We can all now sleep well knowing that we will be less likely to buy fake maple syrup
Oct 21, 2011
KBRA is no bargain
property and water rights taking By the government and real estate deal for the chosen few behind it All
Oct 21, 2011
Why Is EPA Going After Fracking?
So, they will make in commercially unfeasable to extract Nat Gas
Oct 20, 2011
'Sound' Science
Like "suveys" or "polls" science is manipulated to result in whatever finding the "buyer" wants
Oct 20, 2011
Doesn't Trust 'Big Ag'
Powerful forces are at work behind the scenes to shove this down California's throat and most of them are big monied Central Valley farmers
Oct 19, 2011
USFWS Has Made Up Its Mind
It sounds like the USFWS is also picking and choosing which "data" to use for their findings
Oct 19, 2011
Endangered Citizen
In the air on under the water, your government to the rescue
Oct 17, 2011
People Working Impacts the Environment
A vineyard in the Napa Valley that Cal-PERS owns has been waiting FIVE YEARS for an environmental study
Oct 16, 2011
Selenium Cleanup
The Grasslands Bypass successfully reduced selenium runoff by 87% from 1995 to 2010
Oct 16, 2011
How Much Water Does the Delta Need?
That's a huge subject/argument about which many PhD's are having a hard time answering
Oct 16, 2011
Delta Plan and Ag
Every plan for the Delta water slices the pie a little thicker for cities and less for agriculture
Oct 15, 2011
Better Chance of Removing Shasta Dam Than Expanding
This idea has been around for 50 years or more
Oct 15, 2011
Over-Regulation
Notably absent from ‘special treatment’ is Renewable Biogas on Dairies
Oct 14, 2011
Environmental Zealots
The Interior Department is incapable of reviewing itself on this matter.
Oct 13, 2011
Ecosystems Change
The Earth cannot be destroyed by Mankind. However, it can be changed
Oct 13, 2011
Weather Conditions Helped Smelt
That emphasizes the need to move forward with updating our water infrastructure by increasing storage facilities and improving conveyance
Oct 11, 2011
Smelt Movie Doesn't Take Sides
Grow a spine...
Oct 11, 2011
Delta Plan and Upstream Diversions
By golly they're willing to participate fully, as long as it doesn't cost them anything
Oct 10, 2011
We Need More Storage
Despite the high levels of pumping this year, "3 million acre-feet of water flowed to the sea in just 10 days"
Oct 10, 2011
Farmworker Bill
The UFW couldn't organize its way out of a paper bag
Oct 08, 2011
Oppose EPA
ALL rational American should oppose a tyrannical oligarchy that rules by fiat
Oct 07, 2011
Too Many Water Plans
There are too many Chiefs and not enough Indians, as the old saying goes.
Oct 06, 2011
Save 'Wild and Scenic'
This legislation could set a dangerous and thoroughly unwise precedent
Oct 05, 2011
Corn Economic Bubble
Corn is going to bust.It is the housing bubble all over again.
Oct 04, 2011
Science of KBRA
There are no "guarantees of water for irrigation" in the KBRA, though there are "caps" on how much irrigation can
Oct 02, 2011
Don't Sell Water to SF
Selling scarce water to big cities that block us from building necessary infrastructure will only lead to the long term decline
Oct 01, 2011
California Cantaloupes
Seriously, can't these melons be stickered or stamped with California Grown?
Sep 28, 2011
They Aren't Even Using the Water
We'll even pay top dollar for it!
Sep 25, 2011
Wanger Understands the Practice of Law
His knowledge of the law, state & federal is illustrated by both his rulings, and his low appeals rate
Sep 25, 2011
Environmental Evil
It is pathetic to see once green acreage now returned to semi-arid desert - dry, desolate, and barren
Sep 25, 2011
Solyndra and Smelt
Your ability to write so clearly and to explain things with such pertinent analogies, (ie: The Chinese dowager's Boat), are masterful
Sep 24, 2011
Only Two Options for Klamath Dams
So the “bottom line” is that it’s just a lot cheaper (by at least $300 million) for ratepayers to remove the dams than to keep them
Sep 22, 2011
Of The People, By The People, and For The Fish
Most of all I object to the patronizing attitude towards animals and organisms that have survived
Sep 22, 2011
Deck is Stacked
The government still will put the health of smelt populations before those of people.
Sep 22, 2011
Wanger Temperment
He has apparently outlasted any judicial temperment and impartiality
Sep 21, 2011
Green Has Nothing to do With Usefullness
It is synonymous with handing out money to donors or others that will vote for you
Sep 21, 2011
Endanged Fish Must Be Protected
But the law must be applied in a lawful manner
Sep 16, 2011
Don't Expect People to Act Rationally
We are facing drought times ahead and we need to store MORE WATER!
Sep 16, 2011
Denham's Bill Needed
Animals will still move about, boats and rafts will still float
Sep 16, 2011
Challenging Feinstein
In California, there are more democrats, greens, independents, libertarians and apathetics with liberal leanings than there are republicans
Sep 14, 2011
Commodities and inflation
It will get much worse
Sep 10, 2011
Tax Money and the Cutthroat
a group of lawyers that sues anyone and everyone for everything and has been tying up the courts with this SAME ISSUE
Sep 09, 2011
Drugs in Drinking Water
The impact of pharmaceuticals should be kept in some sort of reasonable perspective
Sep 09, 2011
Nothing Wrong With Storm Water Regs
What happened to the Clean Water Act's promise of "fishable, swimmable" waters throughout our country?
Sep 07, 2011
Best Cure For the EPA
The 50 States already have their own EPA's and the federalies only add another layer
Sep 04, 2011
What Happened to Thinking Big?
If everyone thought like you, we would have no dams, no interstate freeways, no ships that cross the ocean
Sep 04, 2011
HSR & BDCP Both Lies
HSR and BDCP = BOONDOGGLES sold and possibly built on lies.
Sep 03, 2011
Water Storage is a Win-Win
You have to wonder WHY highspeed rail is such a priority when much more pressing issues such as water are on the table
Sep 01, 2011
Wanger Retires
While this is a devastating loss for the federal bar and judiciary, it will be a gain for
Sep 01, 2011
Water Contractors Trying to Stop Fish Protections?
We're trying to grow FOOD for people during a time when prices are skyrocketing
Aug 31, 2011
Government Subsidies
Where are the jobs that all these folks kept promising they were gonna create when they got more water?
Aug 31, 2011
Record Year
Everyone associated with Ag would like to extend a sincere thank you for all of you that made it happen
Aug 29, 2011
Why would Republicans think they are owed anything?(Re: Cogdill)
You gotta give to get, nimrods
Aug 28, 2011
Tell us what temperature we should have
What the temperature was 20 years ago? 200 years ago?
Aug 28, 2011
Not much science in article
I'm afraid. It is mostly a collection of non sequiturs about Texas, the Mississippi, arguments over insurance rates
Aug 27, 2011
A "liberal, green" choice
Since Mr. Bonham is a stakeholder in the KBRA and Klamath dam destruction agenda
Aug 26, 2011
How much wine do we need?
The coho salmon were in the Russian river LONG before all those big $$$$ wine makers
Aug 26, 2011
Merced Sun-Star Hypocritical
It's also hypocritical to point out that Mr. Cogdill is so busy
Aug 26, 2011
Water Wars Hurt The Poor
The west side farmers will dry up sooner than later
Aug 23, 2011
The EPA Alone Decides
gets to decide which regulations are "unjustified" and "overly burdensome."
Aug 22, 2011
We Need Dams
It is clear that immense new supplies of water, electricity, gasoline and other energy products are needed
Aug 22, 2011
Water Demand Will Outstrip Supply
The legislature can fight over the dwindling supply or seek a method to increase storage or expand it
Aug 20, 2011
Farrmers Want Healthy Delta Ecosystem
After all, they’ve already invested $140 million into the process.
Aug 20, 2011
Not A Water Grab
The CVP and the SWP have contracts for Shasta and Oroville Dam water that comes down the Sacramento River
Aug 20, 2011
Now that the state's budget problems are solved
Governor Jerry Brown is moving on to big infrastructure projects: high-speed rail and the peripheral canal
Aug 19, 2011
Delta Solution
Protecting the Delta’s ecosystem and securing a reliable water supply benefits our entire state
Aug 18, 2011
Dr. Seuss 2011
I do not like this spending spree,
I'm smart, I know that nothings free
Aug 17, 2011
Policies Require Cost/Benefit Analysis
Because society could literally spend all its resources on efforts to save endangered species, clean air, clean water or provide safety
Aug 17, 2011
California Is Greece With Disneyland
There will be only the wealthy who pay the taxes and the poor people who are supported by the taxes
Aug 17, 2011
Midwest Flooding
The people who are responsible for this need to be held accountable and prosecuted.
Aug 16, 2011
Too Much Regulation!
If this government had gotten out of businesses way early on, instead of tightening
Aug 15, 2011
Siskiyou Easy Target?
Look at all the players in this controversy. It has nothing to do with the fish
Aug 15, 2011
Departments Regulating Our Lives
If we need laws, let's have congress write them
Aug 15, 2011
If You Think It's Bad Now
With an "environmentally friendly" administration in place. . .let the farmers and ranchers beware
Aug 14, 2011
Hats Off To Madera Water Bank
The Madera Water Bank will be a model for others throughout California to emulate
Aug 13, 2011
Lake Powell and Global Warming
Could it be that Al Gore really doesn't know what he's talking about?
Aug 09, 2011
Is It A River or A Flood Control Channel?
This is the "dream" of some idyllic moron
Aug 08, 2011
Critics of Farm Water Don't Understand Farming
Yet these brainiacs eat like kings. Because farmers farm
Aug 07, 2011
Too Late For West Side
Almond tree farms in the San Joaquin Valley have already been choked dry
Aug 07, 2011
Judges and Water
You will find that you can achieve things in the court system that you would never achieve in the political arena
Aug 07, 2011
Salinity Curtain
The curtain is the point at which fresh water from the rivers keeps salt water from the ocean at bay.
Aug 03, 2011
The Power of Love
Shut down these killer wind farms
Aug 03, 2011
Windmills Kill Birds
Hydro electric kills fish, Solar farms kill snakes and turtles
Aug 03, 2011
Green Energy and Endangered Species
Obama is killing eagles...The shame of it!
Aug 02, 2011
Budget Cuts Good News
I appreciate the farmers, but farm subsidies have got to go.
Aug 01, 2011
San Francisco Needs Hetch Hetchy
The environmental whackos will find all kinds of reasons why the substitute dam can not be built
Jul 31, 2011
Cheap Subsidized Water
It is time to enforce existing state law: restore flows to the Delta; only export that water that is surplus to the needs of environment
Jul 31, 2011
Wasting Water For Food
Why, these greedy farmers don't create or manufacture anything for the rest of us!
Jul 31, 2011
Flush the Delta!
Higher flows do not NEED to be pumped. They are useful for flushing the Delta
Jul 30, 2011
Global Warming or Climate Change?
Should be enough to alert people that this is really about policy rather than science
Jul 28, 2011
Klamath Salmon Restoration Fallacious
The reality is that in a California Division of Fish & Game report in 1930 the total number of Salmon
Jul 27, 2011
Cut EPA!
Last nail in the coffin for the US economy
Jul 27, 2011
Sceptical About Cadiz
6,000 jobs? Yeah, right!! This article is incredibly vague!
Jul 27, 2011
Supports Cadiz Project
Make it happen.
Jul 27, 2011
More Smelt and More Sewage
Ammonium from wastewater discharges have diminished the available food supply for smelt and other species
Jul 26, 2011
EPA and Debt
They should explain why they think more debt is good for the economy.
Jul 26, 2011
Cutting $2-Billion Out Of $27-Billion
Doom I say, doom!
Jul 26, 2011
Things Much Better Than EPA Would Have You Believe
Health studies that exaggerate harm and economic studies that understate regulatory costs
Jul 23, 2011
Truth About Water Measure
Maybe you should actually READ it before making a ridiculous editorial
Jul 21, 2011
Smelt Numbers Up
It is unfortunate that only a DFG biologist and one environmental group were included as resources in this article
Jul 21, 2011
Paying For, But Not Getting Water
We however are shutting down our expansion of resources all the while increasing our population
Jul 20, 2011
EPA, Enviro Collusion!
The environmentalists have effectively created a self-feeding feed-back loop.
Jul 19, 2011
Clovis Water Bank
Essentially, Clovis is paying Fresno Irrigation District to stick a straw into Fresno's west-side
Jul 13, 2011
EPA Needs to be Reigned In
If republicans can't reign in the job-killing bureaucracy
Jul 09, 2011
Environmental Swindle of the Century
This has nothing to do with fish, this has everythibng to do with money and power
Jul 09, 2011
The Science of Common Sense
The very best you can hope for is a meager 10% increase in the fish.
Jul 08, 2011
Droughts & Water & Jobs
Does water help jobs here on the westside of the San Joaquin valley? YOU BET! ALOT!
Jul 08, 2011
DiFi Re-Election
The story connects regional voting with legislative positioning.
Jul 04, 2011
Dam Science
They do not care if the cure is worse than the disease.
Jul 01, 2011
Farm Taxes Up
Keep this up folks I am promise you, the State of CA will not have any food to put on the table or any truck in the state to haul it.
Jun 30, 2011
Card-Check Is Wrong
A bill that takes away the secret ballot where people can vote any way they'd like
Jun 28, 2011
Kern Water Bank
Local water banking projects have enabled millions of acre-feet of water to come into the basin.
Jun 27, 2011
Water Use vs. Availability
Of course people are trying to stake out claims now over this dwindling resource.
Jun 26, 2011
We Need Dams
It is clear that immense new supplies of water, electricity, gasoline and other energy products are needed
Jun 26, 2011
Changing Rules in Midstream
Orchards die, farmers go bankrupt, jobs and exports are reduced
Jun 24, 2011
McClintock Responds to Bee Editorial
I welcome the Bee’s constructive counsel, but all it has offered to date is distortions and invective.
Jun 24, 2011
Signs Are Right
Government (EPA:Green Police) regulations have significantly hurt farmers in California
Jun 24, 2011
Highway Signs Help
Too many people do not realize the roller-coaster ride that farmers must endure
Jun 24, 2011
Why Is Sac Bee Opposing Legislation?
Could it be because of cutting off 90% of the water to the central valley is based on junk science?
Jun 23, 2011
Farm Labor
How about the farmers in mexico that pay 10% of what we do?
Jun 23, 2011
Blow Up the Dams!
By doing this one simple act we could restore our "Sacred Rivers" to that which they were before the corruption of man
Jun 23, 2011
GOP Water Plan
The Bee doesn't realize they have been fleeced into supporting blatant dirty politics by Democrats.
Jun 22, 2011
Public Sector Destruction
Those at the Army Corps of Engineers responsible for the catastrophic flooding of the Missouri River Basin will probably be rewarded
Jun 22, 2011
Technology is deadly and outdated
Our environmental lobby does not even consider hydroelectric power to be "renewable"
Jun 22, 2011
Midwest Flooding
Grain prices already at historically high levels
Jun 21, 2011
EPA Cuts
No surprise. The bureaucracies protect themselves
Jun 20, 2011
In the hands of a privileged few
News flash! This precious commodity is already in the hands of a "privileged few"
Jun 20, 2011
HSR V. Water
Why not re-purpose the money about to go down the fiscal drain to something that really will benefit all California?
Jun 19, 2011
Battle Creek
There is nothing that says the logging "will" affect the stream habitat adversely, just that it may.
Jun 18, 2011
Bruce Babbit Is Mad
Maybe he should just chill a little and tone down the rhetoric.
Jun 17, 2011
Has Dictos Lost His Mind?
Essentially they are paupers with land
Jun 17, 2011
Urbanites Shouldn't Complain About Ag
The idea that farmers are wasting water is caused by ignorance.
Jun 16, 2011
Idiotic Comments
Make sure everything you buy is from Mexico or some other country.
Jun 16, 2011
Remember This Day
Some day we will all vote on water use, and the big farmers who flood their fields will lose.
Jun 16, 2011
The Slamming of Ag
They endure the never-ending bashing from people in cities from only a couple hundred miles away
Jun 14, 2011
Alternative Delta Plan is Thoughtful
Following the same path of water supply restrictions and enhanced flows is not the answer.
Jun 14, 2011
California Ag Takes Backseat
I guess you could always get your sprouts from Germany.
Jun 12, 2011
Who Are The Radicals?
The proposed bill isn't perfect, and the congressmen have promised to work with other interests to make it acceptable
Jun 12, 2011
Obama Declared War First
Obama administration is the first one who declared war on this, yet the media didn't think it important to report
Jun 12, 2011
Obama and GOP
Now the "b" tells Barak to attack the Republicans instead of telling Barak to get the heavy foot of government
Jun 10, 2011
Pumps, Fish and Cities
We're all part of the problem
Jun 10, 2011
Underdogma
where not only is the underdog right, but they are virtuous and anyone that opposes their position is EVIL
Jun 09, 2011
River Restoration Damage
rather than being challenged by the NRDC how many times?
Jun 08, 2011
Di Fi and Barbara
Both of these women are positively and intentionally clueless
Jun 08, 2011
Obama's Vision
Stopped at "I'm Elected"
Jun 08, 2011
Obama and Environment
Called out for not doing an effective job???
Jun 07, 2011
Cal Ag Feeds More People Per Farmer
Produces 50% of all fruits, nuts, and vegetables in the country
Jun 07, 2011
Water Creates Jobs
The outlook for this year is much different with increased water supplies that are resulting in people going back to work
Jun 03, 2011
No Way Feds Will Be Stopped
Once a federal program is in place, it is in place for eternity
Jun 03, 2011
Enviros Against Farmers
They've already destroyed logging, mining
May 27, 2011
Card Check Union-Backed Scam
Union owned, bought-and-paid-for Democrats are backing this bill
May 27, 2011
Blood Oath
No impacts to the third parties was part of the Blood Oath and mitigation of damages
May 27, 2011
Fish Contamination
So, where is all this stuff comign from?
May 25, 2011
River Restoration is Broke
The time is now to go back and come up with a better plan
May 24, 2011
Re: Slaughter on the Delta
The author's continued criticism of the pumps is misleading to the public
May 24, 2011
Water in the Lake, Snow in the Mountains
The lake north of Redding was 98 percent full Monday
May 24, 2011
Sea Lions Not the Only Problem
Let's be clear here. We are not talking about sea lions versus salmon
May 23, 2011
Need For Increased Storage
Planning now is a necessity
May 22, 2011
Conflicting Articles
And then "More Homeless People Then Ever in Fresno."
May 18, 2011
Sewage And Sharks
Think about it, there are thousands different types of chemicals present in our sewage
May 18, 2011
Fresh Water Not Shark's Problem
Run off and associated entrained contaminants and toxins are a definite probem
May 18, 2011
Eliminate Dams and People
When are we going to stop these people that are 1% of the population?
May 17, 2011
More Fish is Great News
Fish populations are rebounding.
May 16, 2011
Farmers Beg For Water
The farmers should just ban together and let everything dry up
May 16, 2011
Recycled Wastewater
I'm more concerned about the higher price of the reclaimed/recycled water
May 13, 2011
Delta Agreement Is Necessary
BDCP has brought us the closest in years to a Delta resolution
May 12, 2011
The Don Pedro Problem
The real problem is that the population is growing
May 11, 2011
BDCP Incorrectly Named
so that it wouldn't have been confused with broader planning efforts
May 10, 2011
Want to have more water?
Build the Auburn Dam
May 10, 2011
3,000 CFS Tunnel Doomed to Failure
Much too small an amount of water to get the smelt happy
May 10, 2011
Bill Berryhill Moves Delta Corridors Bill Forward
"I am not asking that this plan be implemented; I'm simply asking it be studied."
May 10, 2011
Balanced and Reasonable Exchequer
Listening to the Yosemite extremists it seems the only purposes for a river
May 09, 2011
Water Districts Sue Over Fishing
You're real quick to throw the commercial fishermen under the bus
May 07, 2011
Reality of Water Available
A cozy relationship enjoyed by the water contractors
May 06, 2011
BDCP Science Is Sound
Despite the rush to judgment by the myriad of news articles in the past 24 hours that criticized BDCP
May 05, 2011
DFG V. Farmers
This is the test case they've been looking for
May 05, 2011
Food V. Commodities
What is so "special" about growing food?
May 03, 2011
Nobody Wants Dams
Unless you don't have water coming from your water tap
May 03, 2011
Can More Reservoirs Be Built?
It notes, about 70 million acre-feet of water wash down California's mountainsides
May 01, 2011
One Thing's For Sure
Something must be done to keep the winter water in storage.
May 01, 2011
Supports Exchequer Dam
MID and Jeff Denham's bill are on the right track for true sustainability.
May 01, 2011
Put People First
The saddest thing I've seen for years was the dead orchards
Apr 29, 2011
LA River
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has always considered the Los Angeles River to be a jurisdictional waterway
Apr 29, 2011
Navigable Waters
The ruling was that 'navigable' waters cannot be owned by individuals and are in the public domain
Apr 27, 2011
Wastewater Not For Drinking
This story is incorrect in saying that the finished wastewater product
Apr 26, 2011
Different Feeling in the Room
Jerry Meral presented a clear and concise description of the "new" direction that the process will take
Apr 26, 2011
The Quagga Mussel
We are all doomed!
Apr 25, 2011
Butt Out UN
If everyone wasn't so broke we could bribe this UN guy like every other country does
Apr 23, 2011
Delta Plan Should Consider Farms
The Greens, Unions and trial lawyers clearly run this state
Apr 22, 2011
Water Supply Issues Are Related
With only a few exceptions, water supply issues in California are like squeezing a balloon -- squeeze it in one place and
Apr 22, 2011
Original ESA Was Fine
But since then the EPA has repeatedly listed species based on lousy, incomplete science.
Apr 20, 2011
No Real Sucker Proof
What it does do is give a flag to a very small group of over zealous, myopic intellectuals
Apr 20, 2011
Ignore the Feds
When they sue, counter sue
Apr 19, 2011
ESA as Religion
It's not about cost, it's never been about cost.
Apr 19, 2011
Regulated Out of Business
You would realize that farmers have a low bottom line cash flow because of fighting environmental regulations
Apr 18, 2011
Build Something!
It is clear that immense new supplies of water, electricity, gasoline and other energy products are needed
Apr 17, 2011
More Dams Makes Sense
Water storage for summer use, flood protection for the winter
Apr 17, 2011
We Need Dams
Flood control (the 1997 flood cost about 2 billion), water storage, electricity
Apr 17, 2011
Auburn Dam V. Peripheral Canal
The Sacbee loves to talk about the cost of the dam, but
Apr 16, 2011
Farmers Should Follow Process
How ridiculous that they have not stepped forward to fund the necessary EIR after two years?
Apr 16, 2011
Enviros and Flooding
Why is it OK for a stream to meander through a farmers fields and not OK for streams to meander through the middle of towns?
Apr 16, 2011
Can't Take Economic Impact Into Consideration
It became apparent that the only people who knew what they were talking about were the farmers
Apr 15, 2011
A Reservoir Means A Dam
Just how, pray tell, are we going to get water into conjunctive use water basins in urban areas like Southern California?
Apr 14, 2011
No More Storage
And which stupid taxpayer would you like to pay for these reservoirs, which will primarily benefit a select group of business people?
Apr 14, 2011
Need to Make Necessary Decisions
Those actions must include an increase in storage
Apr 14, 2011
Why Block Water Storage?
The fanatics would rather have deserts because some sand flea might suffer
Apr 12, 2011
Many Are Uninformed
Most farms in the valley are family owned, for generations, being under the $250,000 mark
Apr 12, 2011
Misconceptions About the West Side
In the last couple years, I have seen first hand many farmers having to sell all or at least a large part of their land in order to pay their bills
Apr 12, 2011
Farmers Are Backbone of Nation
and yet the dems and wacko environmentalist want to restrict their water.
Apr 11, 2011
Water Governance
The only framework that can work, given the international region’s growing population, is a federally directed one
Apr 10, 2011
Leave the Central Valley Alone
Besides, you've already destroyed much of the Central Valley, all to save a little bait-fish.
Apr 10, 2011
Allocations Should Be 100%
This 25% cut in Central Valley water deliveries in a flood year is nothing short of grand theft
Apr 09, 2011
Beetle
What a joke.
Apr 09, 2011
People Who Live in Glass Houses
The Bay Area has a convenient tunnel siphoning water from Yosemite
Apr 08, 2011
Fish Come First
The Central Valley is a desert...and growing massive crops there is unnatural, to say the least
Apr 07, 2011
Rules Are Too Costly
Farmers can no longer afford to absorb the costs
Apr 07, 2011
Groundwater Rules "shot across the bow"
Means you cannot allow even the most minute detectable trace of any fertilizer
Apr 06, 2011
Groundwater Recharge Won't Fix It
Sorry but that won't solve the problem and is a band-aid solution to a cut requiring stitches
Apr 06, 2011
Nobody Likes Nobody
Can't we get anyone to sit down and discuss this issue rationally?
Apr 05, 2011
Sacramento Sewage
I wonder then how increasing utility rates for everyone by 25% with the new California energy regulations
Apr 05, 2011
Tom Philp Article
Wonder whether the lack of clarity results from poor writing, or intentional obfuscation
Apr 04, 2011
Why No Money For Dams?
But we have money for bullet trains and money to support an invasion of illegal immigrants.
Apr 04, 2011
LA Times and Enviros Oppose Dams
Let me see if I have this right?
Apr 04, 2011
The Party of No
No new dams, no nuclear power
Apr 03, 2011
Storage, Storage, Storage.
water for people, water for fish & habitat, water for food, water for power,
Apr 03, 2011
Don't Have a Water Problem
We have a political problem
Apr 03, 2011
Likes Walters Article
We should all bookmark it, and when the next drought comes along - and it will - we can read it and weep
Apr 01, 2011
Friant Releases
8000 cfs in the river is what is considered the threshold after which the river overtops its banks
Apr 01, 2011
Sacramento Wastewater Treatment Plan
Flushing Food down the toilet For the Fishies is sooo ECO/ESA-Fashionable now
Mar 31, 2011
Storage Is A#1 Priority
Even if we had a "conveyance" right now, ready to use, where would we put the water ?
Mar 31, 2011
Colossus
An issue described in the book is the conflict over states rights, riparian rights, land rights and international rights (they used a Mexican riverbed)!
Mar 31, 2011
Tax Crazy Democrats
Should tax lawns and swimming pools
Mar 31, 2011
Need to Review Water Usage
We MUST encourage native plant landscaping
Mar 31, 2011
Is the Drought Over?
You want population growth, salmon or people, we need water
Mar 30, 2011
Hydro Power
Stored water also produces energy when released. Clean energy.
Mar 29, 2011
Drought and Storage
Almost 300 thousand acre-feet per day is being released to the Pacific Ocean
Mar 28, 2011
EPA and Water
Next they will probably want to test with parts per "brazilion".
Mar 27, 2011
Costa Is No Moderate!
That's if your good buddy Pelosi hasn't stolen the water yet.
Mar 27, 2011
Latino Community?
Why are Latino communities singled out?
Mar 26, 2011
Delta Declines Despite Pumping
There are other problems in the Delta which are finally being faced
Mar 26, 2011
Salmon Catch a Break
This comes after 3 years of economic disaster caused by the salmon-killing water policy
Mar 25, 2011
Difficult to Plan with Unsure Allocations
The farmers' choices are either to sell the water downstream or they hold over the water
Mar 25, 2011
Stop Blaming Bush and Cheney
Why didn't Obama, Reed and Pelosi fix it when they controlled all 3 branches of government???
Mar 25, 2011
It's Bush and Cheney
Bush and Cheney started this mess
Mar 24, 2011
Allocation Too Low
Why are farmers in the San Joaquin Valley only getting 50% of their water?
Mar 22, 2011
Need for More Water Storage
Environmental commitments are now the largest consumers of water in the state
Mar 22, 2011
Water Managers
25 years in CA without any new dams to increase storage of potable water as the population increases
Mar 21, 2011
Tom Philp Is Spin Doctor
Regardless of your position on this it will tell you much about the BDCP process
Mar 20, 2011
1st Delta Draft Was No Better Than 2nd
Maybe it talked tougher in the introduction but in the working chapters there were only laundry lists of possible actions
Mar 20, 2011
Delta Plan, Second Draft
Just think, we have 3 more revisions, a final draft and then the actual document to stomach.
Mar 18, 2011
Less Striped Bass = More Vulnerable Native Species
Having studied this issue, there is evidence that easing size and bag limits on striped bass will reduce predation
Mar 18, 2011
Striped Bass v. The Pumps
Always blame the pumps of course they are the only problem
Mar 18, 2011
Go After the Striped Bass
I say fish it down in the Delta and put the limit on outside the Bay
Mar 13, 2011
Restore the Delta and Spanos
It’s probably the untreated toilet water from all his new homes that killed the migrating Salmon in 2007 where Stockton dumps their sewage
Mar 11, 2011
Kern River
Let's send water through Bakersfield and to hell with the farmers who need the water
Mar 10, 2011
Promise Not to Operate at Full Capacity
Before anyone really realizes it, the conveyance is moving NorCal water southward at full capacity
Mar 08, 2011
Judge's Siskiyou Ruling
A SAN FRANCISCO SUPERIOR COURT judge is able to destroy what little employment
Mar 07, 2011
Junk Science
First this is less than 2% of the total budget.
Mar 07, 2011
Supports Environmental Cuts
It is time the EPA is taken down a peg or two.
Mar 06, 2011
Reconciliation?
Where was the Reconciliation when thousands of jobs were lost because of a stupid bait fish?
Mar 06, 2011
Ag Has Increased Efficiency
Why hasn't their been similar technologies and plans made for urban use?
Mar 03, 2011
Westside Runoff
An effort is underway to eliminate water runoff from west side farms from reaching the San Joaquin River
Mar 03, 2011
Fix Water Instead Of Building Rail
Water has been and always will be the number 1 issue in Calf
Mar 02, 2011
Weather, La Nina and Climate
But let's not let the fact that we don't really have more than a small clue as to why the weather does what it does
Mar 02, 2011
Can't Have a Financial Plan Until We Have a Plan
A new-home builder doesn’t secure construction financing until the final plans are drawn up.
Mar 02, 2011
We Don't Understand Salmon
My point it most of the experts are dead wrong on the migration patterns of our famous salmon
Mar 01, 2011
How do we meet the needs of people and business?
I guess the early settlers of California undertook the wrong mission! They should have worked to preserve the state as a giant national park
Feb 28, 2011
Bad PPIC Idea A Step Further
You are proposing combining DWR & SWRCB and transforming the SWP into an ISO. Brilliant !
Feb 28, 2011
Who Gets To Play God?
In his mind, the answer is: "I do."
Feb 28, 2011
Driven To Extinction
The growing scientific consensus that many stressors (not just the hated water exports) have played a major role
Feb 28, 2011
Water Is Mismanaged Intentionally
How else can you convince people to pay for bonds and higher taxes?
Feb 27, 2011
State Water Bond Is A Done Deal
Mr. Wilson has done an outstanding job of summarizing not only the future of the Water Bill
Feb 25, 2011
There aren't millions of acre feet of ag water to be saved
The only way to conserve this amount would be fallow acres
Feb 25, 2011
Enormous Price Doesn't Include Everything
They do not have enough officers to patrol the river
Feb 25, 2011
This hatchery is premature
They don't even know if it will work
Feb 24, 2011
Environment Uses 48% of State Water, Ag 41%
There is not a lot of water conservation potential in agriculture without land fallowing
Feb 24, 2011
Does Conservation Equal A Rate Increase?
Water rates will have to be increased to cover the fixed cost of the huge infrastructure it takes to provide water
Feb 20, 2011
Who's Reckless?
DiFI, leave it to Congressional Democrats to create a complex problem in lieu of a simple solution.
Feb 20, 2011
The Evil McClintock?
So the "evil" McClintock dares to oppose radical environmentalists by preventing the removal of "four PacifiCorp dams".
Feb 20, 2011
Cutting Water Didn't Help Smelt
But while the Valley economy is now ruined, it hasn't helped the smelt
Feb 18, 2011
Opposes Klamath Dam Removal
There continues to be more and more opposition as more individuals are learning more and more
Feb 18, 2011
Democrats Lost
Your powers were dashed so that spending would be cut!
Feb 17, 2011
Finallly Someone With Guts
Let’s face it almost every thing we use comes from a farm, mine or drilled well in some way
Feb 17, 2011
Thank God For Devin Nunes!
The SF nut jobs just can't stand the thought
Feb 17, 2011
Nunes' 15-Minutes Of Fame
Well, I think (ay, fear) he’s got a lot more 15 minutes’s to go!
Feb 16, 2011
California Has More Water Than It Uses
Californians only use a portion of the water that nature provides
Feb 16, 2011
Why Aren't There Any Bears In SF
The species is not going extinct. There just won't be any more of them in the Delta
Feb 16, 2011
Phony Science
There will be no agriculture, and the price of food will skyrocket.
Feb 15, 2011
We Need A Plan Now
maybe they'll get a clue that they should have built more dams & reservoirs a few decades before.
Feb 15, 2011
Environmental Hypocrisy
Where does the water, that you all rely on, come from?
Feb 15, 2011
Who's Powerful?
Ag or environmentalists?
Feb 15, 2011
Not Convinced About Peripheral Canal
If this approach of Brown's improves the condition of the Delta, as he and his people state it will
Feb 14, 2011
Likes Republican EPA Legislation
They should defund the EPA
Feb 13, 2011
Striped Bass Are The Problem
They all eat baby salmon and account for 90-98% of baby salmon lost in the system
Feb 13, 2011
All About Corporate Greed
Do your research and then you will find your 'factsplease'
Feb 13, 2011
Peripheral Canal Is Inevitable
Most of the degradation in the Delta has been caused by those living there
Feb 13, 2011
North V. South And The Peripheral Canal
When the canal was stopped in 1980, it wasn't environmentalist
Feb 12, 2011
River Restoration And Farm Water
The bottom line, restoration steals on the average over 200,000 af per year from the farmers who paid for the CVP to be built!
Feb 10, 2011
Kansas City Construction Firm
why do you suppose a construction firm based in Kansas City, MO has an interest in building the Peripheral Tunnel?
Feb 10, 2011
There Are Already Established Programs
EPA should join forces
Feb 10, 2011
The Business Of Studies
that provide inconclusive results yielding even greater opportunities
Feb 09, 2011
We Use Groundwater Because....
due to the restricted use of water from the Delta to protect a little fish called the Delta Smelt.
Feb 08, 2011
Salmon And Ocean Temps
Now we are seeing a return of colder, wetter weather in the fall and whadda ya know, the fish have returned.
Feb 07, 2011
Politicians Looking For Ag Tax Increase
When will our ever taxing Gov. and non-thinking legislature learn that you do not destroy your food supply to make a buck?
Feb 07, 2011
Don't Axe The Williamson Act
This is no 'tax dodge', but a real opportunity to preserve lands
Feb 05, 2011
Save The Fish, Starve The Humans
and a judge in, guess where, Sacramento!, ruled that the Short Nosed Sucker needed that water
Feb 05, 2011
Opposes Peripheral Canal
Regional self-sufficiency is the answer. Not building a conveyance system
Feb 05, 2011
Meral Is Taking A Balanced Approach
His comments indicate he is looking for a solution in the Delta that includes reliable water supplies
Feb 03, 2011
Delta Smelt Formulas
The author does a good job in explaining one of those issues---the monitoring of smelt numbers
Feb 02, 2011
Farm Water Conservation Is A Myth
People and groups who make these claims do so without fully understanding how farmers use water.
Feb 02, 2011
Brainwashing Young Minds
When all the private business leaves California I'd like to see where these tree huggers will get money
Feb 02, 2011
Studys Lead Lemmings Over Cliff
Peter Moyle should be placed in a nice jail cell where is tree hugging can be controlled
Feb 02, 2011
Throwiing Species In The Dust Bin Of History
why don't you, for once, actually CONSERVE something??
Jan 31, 2011
San Francisco Farm Attitude
You want to get rid of cattle, suspend water, fallow the farmlands
Jan 31, 2011
Williamson Act Outdated
We now have much better (not perfect) land use regulations in most of the State.
Jan 29, 2011
Whiskey's For Drinking
Twain's specious call to arms is wry but wrong.
Jan 28, 2011
Flip-Flop Court Decision
If it was illegal for the leg to do this, it should invalidate Prop 1A immediately
Jan 27, 2011
NRDC And Surplus Water
NRDC believes that it may be important to build a new conveyance system
Jan 27, 2011
Farmers Pay For 100%, But Get 60%
That does not seem to be the “manufacture” of a crisis as described
Jan 26, 2011
Blaming The Pumps Is Wrong
It's not the pumps, folks, it is other factors like predator fish, poor water quality resulting from wastewater discharges
Jan 24, 2011
No Wonder We Can't Agree
can't even agree a drought is over at a time when the lakes are overflowing...
Jan 24, 2011
Lifting Drought Designation Encourages Waste
Almost every merchant, property manager, and homeowner--and not to mention motivated renter, uses a hose to wash down the pavement
Jan 23, 2011
Props Have 'Fake' Names
Propositions with fake names that extort the exact opposite of what the bill will do
Jan 22, 2011
Bond Money Needs To Actually Build Physical Structures
Otherwise, well it all looks like little more than a ploy to line the pockets of the people making more than 100,000 dollars a year
Jan 22, 2011
Don't Wait For Next Crisis
While heavy seasonal precipitation will likely put drought concerns on hold
Jan 21, 2011
Meral Bad Choice
Appointing an activist who clearly is on one side of the issue regarding the usage is nowhere near
Jan 21, 2011
Brown Making Good Decisions
It's nice to see Brown putting someone who understands the subject in charge
Jan 20, 2011
Reasonable Use Needs More Investigation
The report is simply one person’s opinion on farm water use
Jan 19, 2011
Stimulus Should Have Built Dams
One Trillion Dollars could have built several new dams and other water projects
Jan 19, 2011
Temperance Flat Is Good Fix
Why can't we start now on implementing this and perhaps other storage projects
Jan 19, 2011
Who Will Pay For Temperance Flat?
I believe water users must pay half of the cost of any new dam
Jan 18, 2011
Inexpensive Water Good For All
Food is cheap for the poor because of cheap water but they dont care about that
Jan 18, 2011
Socialism For Farmers?
make no mistake this water storage facility will mostly help big corporate farmers -- they are begging for it.
Jan 18, 2011
Rather Have Water Than A Train
The additional water storage would assure the valley and the state it can continue to feed millions and YOU can water your lawn
Jan 17, 2011
Time For All Diverters To Fess Up
Twenty years of pointing fingers at "the other guy" and professing to be free of guilt has gotten us nowhere.
Jan 17, 2011
East Bay Diversions
I believe these numbers are distorted in a similar fashion
Jan 16, 2011
Are Lawns And Golf Courses 'Reasonable'?
Is it "reasonable and beneficial" for individuals to irrigate large lawns and ornate landscaping ?
Jan 15, 2011
Earmarks V. Pork V. Public Benefit
Reasonable people should be able to agree to disgree.
Jan 15, 2011
Dam Is Not Pork
Pork is when they insert a little paragraph in a bill on a matter that has no relation
Jan 15, 2011
Is Auburn Dam An Earmark?
Now that he'f the the chair of the subcommittee, he wants an earmark.
Jan 15, 2011
Get Our Food Elsewhere
I assume he meant China. So, because of HSR, our money, trains and food will come from China.
Jan 14, 2011
Can It Just Be Winter?
When was the last time you heard an "expert" predict that things were going to be normal?
Jan 14, 2011
Central Valley Used To Be Inland Sea
but let's face it, mother nature is going to trump anything we can build
Jan 12, 2011
Only One To Blame Is SRCSD
First they have ignored this problem for almost 20 years.
Jan 12, 2011
Farm Water Use Is Efficient
Both writers believe that converting all water delivery systems to "on demand" will save large volumes of water
Jan 12, 2011
So Cal Should Pay For Sacramento Sewage Upgrade
The repairs would not be necessary if
Jan 11, 2011
Irrigation Efficiency
You simply cannot apply an estimate of on-farm water savings to an entire basin to estimate
Jan 10, 2011
Build Temperence Flat
what are we waiting for?
Jan 09, 2011
Can We Live On Imported Food?
letting our own continent return to wilderness except for their concrete Utopias
Jan 08, 2011
Do Progressives Want Progress?
wait for it...the same enviros that stopped us from building more dams (and solar plants and wind mills and real power plants
Jan 08, 2011
Need Storage In So Cal
all the storage is in the northern part of the state, but most of the consumption is in the southern part of
Jan 07, 2011
Controling Nature Is Arrogant
as a flea crawling up an elephant's leg with intent to rape.
Jan 05, 2011
Just Call It Winter
"Uhhh...it's a whacky La Nina combined with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation and a whiz-bang whatcchamadoodle
Jan 05, 2011
Capacity V. Historic Average
I love it when capacity numbers are used to put a negative spin on things
Jan 05, 2011
Brown Needs To Solve Water Problem
If Mr. Brown sees a dried-up farm, he should water that sucker.
Jan 04, 2011
Additional Storage Needed
Sites and Temperance Flat do not represent good value for the money
Jan 04, 2011
Laird: Budget Committee No Credential
They have done a fine $25 billion dollar shortfall job.
Jan 01, 2011
Challenge To CSPA
I would like to begin to put together a list of people who have an honest opinion of setting priorities to restore the Delta
Dec 30, 2010
While Fresno Begs For A Million, The Nation Laughs
Now is the time for the people to fix it, not try and win a handout contest
Dec 30, 2010
Fake PHD Perfect Match
for the fake California government run by fake legislators
Dec 30, 2010
Sad To See Water Going To Waste
only if the enviros. would stay out of the way of more storage being build in California
Dec 29, 2010
Scams Die Hard
And when scams die, nobody wants to be associated with the corpse.
Dec 29, 2010
The ESA Is A Great Law
ALL SPECIES ON PLANET EARTH ARE WORTH SAVING, ok?
Dec 29, 2010
Hatchery Salmon Don't Count
Those hatchery ones are missing a gene or two, according to their experts.
Dec 27, 2010
Water And Fallowed Land
The reason they had the excess of water last year was because the fallowed a lot of acreage
Dec 27, 2010
Westlands Cries "Wolf"
then they end up with more water than they can actually use!!
Dec 23, 2010
Doubts Long-Range Weather Forecasts
Weather guesses beyond 8 hours are just that.
Dec 22, 2010
Can't Trust NHA
this is yet another layer of government as well as more interference/control by the Secretary of the Interior.
Dec 21, 2010
Conaway Ranch Water Sale
And how will the departure of water upstream from the Sacramento Treatment Plant impact the sewage?
Dec 20, 2010
Time For Drought Warning?
and we need to raise water rates?
Dec 20, 2010
What if...?
there were no dams.
Dec 18, 2010
Board Did What Law Requires
Are you suggesting that we should be allowed to pollute other people's water supply at our whim?
Dec 18, 2010
Doubts Sewage Science
Yet every supposed scientific report I have seen by them have no proof
Dec 16, 2010
Let Us Bid Good-Bye To The Smelt
Extinction is not a strange or catastrophic thing,
Dec 16, 2010
Typical Obfuscation
Ultimately, the answer is to produce more water upstream in the form of dams
Dec 15, 2010
Unjustified, Sloppy, Bad, Arbitrary, Capricious
terms used by the judge in describing the failure by FWS
Dec 15, 2010
Ag Uses 25%, Not 80% Of Water
The balance is used for environmental, urban and recreational purposes.
Dec 15, 2010
Of Course There Is A Flaw
Look at the NON-SCIENCE used against: DDT, Spotted Owl,frogs, sheep
Dec 15, 2010
Politics Is About Making Choices
Almond trees that take a generation to grow into maturity have been destroyed and uprooted because of the precious delta smelt
Dec 15, 2010
Government Has Lost All Sense Of Reality
Protect this amoeba to the detriment of hundreds of farmers
Dec 12, 2010
Dilution Not The Solution
It’s time realize that changes in the basic chemistry of the Delta is a major part of the problem
Dec 11, 2010
Wasn't Just The Result Of A PR Campaign
The Bee and SCRSD chooses to keep its head in the sand even after its been chopped off.
Dec 11, 2010
Why Not Use Stimulus Funds?
Lawsuits are just going to cost us even more tax dollars which is a further waste of time and money.
Dec 11, 2010
Other Cities Have Been Complying For Years
Ammonia is toxic to aquatic organisms, period
Dec 10, 2010
It's About Time!
This district, through direction of its board, has engaged in marketing a false and misleading campaign
Dec 10, 2010
Blame Should Be On Sanitation District
So quit your whining and pay up Sacramento
Dec 10, 2010
Cost Is High, But Worth It
I have not heard a rational argument to avoid making the changes
Dec 09, 2010
What Is The Legacy You Want To Leave?
Hey kids, I saved $1.50/day by polluting the river I
Dec 08, 2010
Nothing To Show For Pumping Restrictions
Over the last twenty years they have made all kinds of regulations that have screwed with when water can be pumped, how much can be pumped
Dec 08, 2010
Sacramento Sewage Not Just To Divert Attention
Naturally, they also have a vested interest in ALL of the stressors facing the ailing Delta estuary
Dec 07, 2010
Opposition To Sacramento Upgrade Amusing
Clearly, management has preferred the ostrich approach to so critical a facility.
Dec 06, 2010
Easy To Point Finger At The Pumps
Other studies are identifying similar effects in the Delta such as poor water quality resulting from ammonium
Dec 06, 2010
Selling Water Rights
The United States is going to have to set up a water transfer program to move water
Dec 06, 2010
Need For More Storage
Maybe Jerry Brown will surprise his critics...and complete the legacy began by his father
Dec 04, 2010
Salmon Levels Fell After Water Restrictions
Water for farms and people is more important
Dec 03, 2010
Double Standard?
Then the local sewer plant pumps tons of ammonia into the river and our politicians make excuses.
Dec 03, 2010
SRCSD Is Their Own Worst Enemy
They chose to ignore the warnings and failed to prepare ratepayers
Dec 02, 2010
Sacramento Pretends To Be Green
when government must comply with something simple like clean water, they do everything to keep polluting
Dec 01, 2010
Feds Promised To Buy Water
Today, federal officials have abandoned that promise
Nov 30, 2010
BDCP Also Benefits East Bay
Some individuals and groups overlook this critical source of water in their rush to criticize the BDCP efforts.
Nov 29, 2010
Government Impoverishing Whole Regions
described the vast agricultural region around Fresno as “California’s Detroit,”
Nov 29, 2010
BDCP All Smoke & Mirrors
"Given the doubt, of what value is the dense draft document?"
Nov 28, 2010
Solution To Water Problems
We need to discuss methods of moving this precious commodity from regions that are flooded with too much of this precious commodity to regions sparse
Nov 28, 2010
Wastewater Is Delta Probem
we need to determine if discharges upstream, including those from the Sacramento wastewater system, are the source
Nov 27, 2010
It's Time For Sacramento To Upgrade Its System
If you want to think like a fish, you gotta drink like a fish.
Nov 27, 2010
Ammonia Is Deadly To Fish
Pollution and predation are two of the main factors in the poor salmon migration
Nov 25, 2010
You Can't Have It Both Ways
I wish there was a way to stop pumping the delta
Nov 25, 2010
Westlands Is Right To Drop Out
They have been more than happy to extort money from the
Westland's and other federal contractors
Nov 24, 2010
Sacramento Is Crapping The Delta To Death
I see no reason for Westlands (or anyone else) to continue to fund or support potty training for Sacramento
Nov 24, 2010
Bust Down The Dams!
Let the water flow free. The Bay area would dry up
Nov 24, 2010
Environmentalism Gone Amok
cultivate the land with solar mirrors and 300 ft wind turbines.
Nov 22, 2010
Water Supply And Water Sales
the sale of water rights can now be attributed to environmental restrictions.
Nov 21, 2010
Costa And Pelosi
Not only did he vote against water three times, but one of his votes was against his own amendment!
Nov 20, 2010
If You Take Out Klamath Dam, Take Out Hetch Hetchy
is spending this kind of monies for a project that may or may not actually help really a 'smart investment' or is it another warm and fuzzy
Nov 20, 2010
Klamath Dam Misinformation
it is clear there were four primary reasons for building Iron Gate Dam. One was for flood control
Nov 19, 2010
The Real 'Party Of No'
they need to expend their energy helping to find a way to meet everyone's needs instead of reflexively denying
Nov 19, 2010
Enviro's Strategy Is To Delay
it will take many years of environmental impact reports and environmental lawsuits before canal construction will be realized.
Nov 19, 2010
Environmental Water Consumption
They do not pay for this water, the farmers pay every year
Nov 18, 2010
Junior Water Rights
Why is it so hard to accept the facts about the exchange of water between Westlands and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California?
Nov 18, 2010
BDCP Needs Goals
This process has the cart ahead of the horse and so far the results are pretty predictable.
Nov 18, 2010
BDCP Hearing
The steering committee ain’t steering the ship.
Nov 17, 2010
Why Is California Funding Klamath Dam Removal?
The proverb that water runs uphill toward money would apply in this case.
Nov 17, 2010
Siskiyou Residents Fear Is Real
Paranoia is an unrealistic fear. But there is no paranoia about the Klamath Dam Removal Project
Nov 17, 2010
Doesn't Buy Klamath Conspiracy
But the notion that the KBRA is some kind of scheme to ship the Klamath’s water to Los Angeles
Nov 16, 2010
Supports Canal And Storage
Each year many times our annual water needs flows out through the Golden gate during the rainy season
Nov 15, 2010
Sacramento Must Clean Its Water
The focus of regulators should be to fix the problems where they are known to exist and not let one area off the hook
Nov 15, 2010
Sacramento Sewage Needs Better Treatment
we should not be peeing & pooping into the water
Nov 14, 2010
Bureaucratic Tyranny
has become largely invisible, a function of the vast
infragovernment composed of bureaucracy's commissions,
agencies
Nov 14, 2010
Defends Westlands
This is a contentious issue and adding fuel to the fire by disseminating misinformation sets up unnecessary road blocks
Nov 13, 2010
Dirty Little Secret About Salmon Collapse
Non-native Predators such as striped bass do far, far more damage to the populations in the Delta than the diversions ever will
Nov 13, 2010
Don't Sell Farm Water To Developers
The water should be given to other farmers
Nov 12, 2010
Don't Just Blame Farmers For Delta Problems
Futhermore, there are several cities including San Francisco and the East Bay that take diversions from the Sierra Nevada
Nov 12, 2010
We Need Dams
Without dams we will not have adequate fire protection and our water and electrical costs will expand
Nov 12, 2010
Ag Is A Partner In Conservation
the amount of water applied to farmland went up two percent per acre, yet production during that same period rose 89 percent
Nov 12, 2010
Opposes Dam Removal
This is clearly a mandate that cannot be ignored
Nov 10, 2010
Regional Water Board
Looks to me like Arnold is between a rock and a hard spot
Nov 10, 2010
Selling Water Rights
That water needs to stay here in our county
Nov 10, 2010
Questions HSR
This proect has been fraught with problems, chief among them being extremely optimistic projections
Nov 09, 2010
Disputes EDF
The authors of the report publicly stated that they were handcuffed in their research
Nov 09, 2010
Tired Of 'Old School' Politics
but California votes for Costa and Brown
Nov 08, 2010
Long-And-Short-Term Weather
When you can give me an accurate weather forecast 5 days in advance (which you can't)
Nov 07, 2010
Gerrymandered District
And why, again, do both Kern and Fresno County segmants have "problems" counting the votes?
Nov 07, 2010
Water Policies And Commodity Prices
Here's what's happened to some key farm commodities so far in 2010...
Nov 07, 2010
Nor Cal V. So Cal
the Leftist Agenda isn't what they claim it to be
Nov 06, 2010
Delta Problems
The problem is more complicated, but never should the solution be that we get rid of 8 billion dollars of agricultural production
Nov 02, 2010
Doesn't Trust MWD
Now we know that Tom Philp thinks we stupid Northern Californians need five doses of obvious propaganda
Nov 01, 2010
Need To Store More Water
When large infrastrucure projects like dams are built EVERYBODY BENEFITS
Nov 01, 2010
California Should Focus On Ag
Why not work with farmers to maintain our agricultural heritage?
Nov 01, 2010
Unelected Agencies
Unelected means unaccountable and it leaves elected officials off the hook
Oct 29, 2010
Delta Restoration
The second thing is to eliminate the ammonia being dumped into the Sacramento River
Oct 29, 2010
Leave The Dams Alone
have any of you seen an increase of the spotted owl since they stopped logging???
Oct 29, 2010
Dam Removal Will Not Bring Back Salmon
like getting a flat tire and deciding to add a quart of oil to the engine
Oct 29, 2010
Public-Private Water Debate
What arbiter is going to be charge with telling farmers what number of acres are "reasonable"
Oct 26, 2010
No Simple Solutions
I am not surprised that both nutmeg and moonbeam don't have sensible positions about water
Oct 25, 2010
Look At Where Your Fruit Is Coming From
Wake up and buy local you will get fresh fruit and safer product
Oct 24, 2010
Candidates Should Take Positions
Add to the criticism of the candidates that Brown hasn't taken a position on the $11.14 billion "bondoogle"
Oct 20, 2010
Klamath Dam Removal Will Cost Jobs
Why do "reporters" repeat anything any activist group says?
Oct 19, 2010
Why Siskiyou County?
Did the DFG pick Siskiyou County because it is sparsely populated and with that the farmers and ranchers will have much less money to fight with?
Oct 19, 2010
Lake Mead: Drought Or Something Else?
One would expect to see its level go up and down over 75 year cycle
Oct 19, 2010
Monitoring Bills Can't Hold Water
And who decides what 'efficient water management practices' are?
Oct 17, 2010
'Intertie' A Good Step
Updating California's water infrastructure should be a goal of every individual in our state
Oct 16, 2010
Investigate Sewage Instead Of Westlands
So does the California Water Impact Network say anything about the cities along the Delta dumping untreated sewage
Oct 08, 2010
On The Verge Of Losing Local Control
Do we really want to live under more Federal regulations? Think about it real close
Oct 07, 2010
Lots Of Blame To Go Around
information like this shows more and more that farms are less likely the problem.
Oct 06, 2010
Toxic Cities
The ultra liberal..greenies are polluting??? This must be wrong..
Oct 04, 2010
Why Do They Ignore Other Stressors?
while they all but dismiss factors such as pollution and predatory fish.
Oct 04, 2010
EPA Runs Amok
This powerful agency can be a dangerous and destructive one when in the wrong hands as it is now.
Oct 04, 2010
Sierra Club Used To Be....
Fact: Westlands does not drain to the San Joaquin River and never has
Oct 03, 2010
Kesterson A Creation Of Liberals
who stopped construction of the canal system designed to allow the natural flow of water
Oct 03, 2010
There You Go, Again
the Westlands Water District and it's water users have NOT spilled one ounce of drainage water into the San Jouquin RiverDelta
Oct 02, 2010
Environmentalists Don't Give A Hoot About Farmers
Insanity seems to be the word of the day when it comes to present and future water policies
Oct 02, 2010
No Subsidy In Water Trade
The guy from SF wants more water for his region which is why he is making a bunch of lies about the swap
Oct 01, 2010
California Water Crisis Rapidly Approaching
Plant science dictates that an additional 7 million acre-feet of water must be consumed
Sep 29, 2010
Westlands 'Extra' Water
Instead of wasting that water, Westlands developed an exchange that allowed the water to be used by urban water users
Sep 29, 2010
Klamath: Special Interests Stacked The Deck
It was obscene what these special interests did
Sep 27, 2010
'Secret Meetings'
The results of these talks will be vetted through BDCP hearings that allow anyone to make comments.
Sep 23, 2010
Outlandish Claims
The current talks which non-participants are so upset with may result in progress
Sep 23, 2010
Meetings Are 'Behind Closed Doors'
I dare say that if the tables were turned and these talks were being conducted without participation by central/south valley farmers
Sep 23, 2010
Claims of 'Secret Meetings' Are False
These meetings are open to all signatories to the BDCP Planning Agreement as stated in a letter dated today
Sep 21, 2010
Defends Closed Meetings
Critics of the meetings need to ask themselves what has wide-open talks in the past achieved
Sep 20, 2010
Unhappy With Cardoza, Costa
He did care at one time about the farming area, but he has been corrupted by the system and votes with Pelosi all the time.
Sep 15, 2010
Delta Levees
Like the story says, it's not really about the STRENGTH of the levees, but about ease of maintenance.
Sep 13, 2010
Finding A Balance
It is important to allow efforts such as those underway by the Delta Stewardship Council to continue
Sep 12, 2010
Hoover Dam - Droughts Happen
To promote as fact that the drought is man made is poor journalism.
Sep 12, 2010
Everyone Must Be Involved In Solutions
The negotiations leading to the $11.14 billion bond were held in secret with only a select few
Sep 12, 2010
Fix Water, Don't Build Trains
And anybody with 2 neurons knows we will never see that phantom speed rail
Sep 08, 2010
Entitlement To Pollute
Like the MWD they feel they are above the law because they have bought and paid for lobbyists
Sep 08, 2010
The Facts About Sacramento
To infer that Delta water users should pay the future costs of reducing the ammonium discharges into the Delta
Sep 08, 2010
Kern Water Bank Lawsuit
Criticism over the acquisition and operation of the Kern Water Bank defies logic and exposes the naysayers
Sep 05, 2010
Districts Not To Blame
These districts took a risk and gave up millions of dollars worth of water entitlements to try to make the project work where the state had failed.
Sep 05, 2010
Dilution Is Not Solution
Ammonia even at dilute concentrations is highly toxic to aquatic animals
Sep 04, 2010
State Should Help Clean Up Sacramento
the costs of fixing this (which were said to be $10 a month on a typical bill just a few weeks ago) may be small in relation to the benefits
Sep 04, 2010
Sacramento Needs To Suck It Up
Be glad that you have a large customer base to spread out the cost
Sep 03, 2010
Green Backlash
What is clear in California is that partisan ideologies and cultish environmentalism have replaced prudent science
Aug 29, 2010
Taking Copper Out Not The Answer
You gullible people believe everything you read. The Ozone layer. Y2K. SARS. Swine Flu
Aug 29, 2010
Copper In Brake Pads
we should make brake pads entirely out of wood....they would be organically grown
Aug 28, 2010
Restoration Lawsuit
But when you have US Senators, a State Legislature who believe fish are more important then man.. Good Luck.
Aug 27, 2010
Don't Let Governor Appoint
every time we elect a new dunce the policy will change
Aug 27, 2010
Shake Up DWR
Current DWR is turning into a good-ol-boys-n-girls club of mediocre and incompetent managers who just promote their personal friends
Aug 26, 2010
Sacramento Needs To Clean Up Its Act
Sacramentans killing off fish and other wildlife in the Delta, shame!
Aug 26, 2010
Clean Up The Sewage
Is the high cost of treating our waste water even an issue? Smaller municipalities do it.
Aug 26, 2010
Sacramento Sewage
Excess nutrients are blamed for dead zones in the ocean and the Gulf so how can nutrients be good for the Delta?
Aug 24, 2010
Pumping Not The Only Problem
Scientists have determined that ammonium has a devastating effect on the food supply needed by Delta fisheries
Aug 24, 2010
Internationalization Of Species Protection
a Montana judge a few weeks shut down wolf hunting in Idaho,
Montana and Wyoming for the ostensible reason that the separate
populations could not be considered as distinct
Aug 24, 2010
Steelhead Fight Still Coming
but it will wait until after the election because
it is so unpopular
Aug 21, 2010
Delta Flow Criteria 'No Binding Authority'
It ignores the impacts to water users throughout our state
Aug 20, 2010
Water supply Is Floating Down The River
Go read the article about the valleys unemployment rate rising before you print an article like this
Aug 20, 2010
Farming Is Dying But River Is Flowing
Millions have been wasted, but the water is going to the ocean
Aug 19, 2010
Not A Record Drought
Citing state managed reservoirs for their manipulated lack of storage is weak at best
Aug 18, 2010
Delta Water Exports
By its own admission, the board said that its report is limited and non-binding.
Aug 18, 2010
Green Energy Racket
So California is being forced to buy a product that would not resolve or even help resolve the problem if it actually existed
Aug 18, 2010
Don't Remove Dams
County tax base and services will be reduced; Loss of agriculture and ranching; Loss of jobs
Aug 18, 2010
Dam Removal
oh well let the power company and all the criminal enviroinmental units run your county they are already doing it.
Aug 16, 2010
Enforcement Is A Shakedown
She replied: “It is what it is. We just follow the law.”
Aug 13, 2010
SWP Birthday
The State of California’s mighty State Water Project (SWP) is being neglected and is declining
Aug 13, 2010
Who Should Own Water?
There are political voices that genuinely believe that core, societal assets are better in private hands.
Aug 11, 2010
The State Is Ungovernable
Picking a different bus driver won't help either--the steering doesn't work.
Aug 11, 2010
Bad Idea
if they could only find a man named Les Cash
Aug 11, 2010
Supports Delay
to fully inform California voters on the benefits of the bond, including:
Aug 09, 2010
How Many Water Bonds?
I stopped counting and I stopped voting yes on any of them because they are too riddled with pork
Aug 09, 2010
Doesn't Like Delay
it will still stink
Aug 09, 2010
Let The Voters Decide Now
if it fails then the New Governor and Legislature can rewrite it knowing the voters opinions.
Aug 06, 2010
Actors And The Bond
Just because a bunch of idiotic people watched some idiotic actors on a few idiotic sitcoms
Aug 06, 2010
Water Infrastructure Needs Fixing
The supply, delivery and environmental issues associated with our state’s water issues will continue
Aug 04, 2010
Less Water Means More Unemployment
I say let's do a study on the economic impact of the proposed reduce water flow and calculate how many millions of people this will affect
Aug 04, 2010
Study This!
Let's eat, for tomorrow there won't be any California grown food on the table if water is cut
Aug 04, 2010
Wasted Water
"If God had meant all that water to be wasted, He would have just let it flow into the ocean."
Aug 02, 2010
Who's Pulling Gov's Strings?
This isn't a partisan appointment it is an appointment to move a specific agenda for the Delta.
Aug 02, 2010
Marcus Appointment
And if that is not a sufficient conflict, she is currently the head of the local office of NRDC, an environmental organization currently involved in litigation
Aug 01, 2010
Bullet Train Boondoggle
Even if this rail is successful it does not have the support structure
Jul 31, 2010
Dams Help Delta Flow
The water diversions are a small fraction of the water that we store behind dams in the winter and spring and then release in the summer and fall.
Jul 31, 2010
Governor Blockhead
Oh to be in Washington DC rubbing shoulders with other celebrities at environmental gala events.
Jul 30, 2010
Farming Means Jobs
We have long called for increased storage as part of the solution
Jul 28, 2010
Chemistry Of Delta Has Changed
Today it is one that favors microorganisms that do a poor job of supporting species such as the Delta smelt
Jul 28, 2010
Dems Will Lose Hispanic Vote
The Dems can ill afford to lose more of the Hispanic vote, but they will over this.
Jul 28, 2010
Don't Believe Zeke
Pretty easy to throw around the "Big Ag" statements and try and demonize family farmers
Jul 26, 2010
Ag Water Use Is Efficient
Farmers on the State Water Project paid full cost over the past few years for less than half of their supply
Jul 26, 2010
Mercury News Editorial Is Wrong
The Legislature specifically prevented the study from considering other factors involved in Delta water, including water to farms
Jul 25, 2010
Sewage Is Delta Problem
The Delta is in decline because of billions of gallons of sewage pollution dumped into the delta every single day
Jul 25, 2010
San Francisco Must Do More To Help Delta
Since San Francisco gets most of its water from diversions that would have gone to the Delta
Jul 23, 2010
Board's Hands Were Tied
The Board, in fact, was prohibited by the Legislature from looking at anything BUT flow,
Jul 22, 2010
Report Is Flawed
Then you look at the introduced species (Striped Bass, Large & Smallmouth bass, crappie, 3 types of perch, all 5 varities of catfish, the asiatic clam,
Jul 22, 2010
Charge Ag More For Water
The current prices are nothing more than taxpayer-subsidized breaks for end users.
Jul 22, 2010
Report Provides Little In Way Of A Solution
Those issues, such as "habitat, water quality and invasive species" should be addressed
Jul 22, 2010
Enviros Use The Courts For Their Aims
don't be fooled by labels like Parasites it is a sham only to be used in the courts
Jul 20, 2010
Construction Unions And The Water Bond
after two long days and nights of grueling negotiations, State Building Trades legislative advocates finally persuaded the last few legislators to cast the necessary votes to place a historic water bond before the voters
Jul 20, 2010
The Man-Made Drought
Even if no water was pumped out of the delta the smelt would be dying. There are hundreds of millions of gallons of partially treated sewage
Jul 20, 2010
Smelt And The Food Chain
Richard Kirk doesn't seem to understand how the food chain works
Jul 16, 2010
Bond Was Effort To Hoodwink The Public
To benefit their corporate agribiz buddies
Jul 14, 2010
Studies Suffer From Lack Of Coordination
The public comments by James Cloern of USGS directed at Dr. Patricia Glibert crossed the line of professionalism
Jul 12, 2010
Taxpayer Money Did Not Construct Kern Water Bank
Water users, primarily contractors to the State Water Project, purchased the land and paid for the infrastructure
Jul 12, 2010
Kern Deal Is Subject To Legal Challenge
if I promised you a week’s stay at my golf and spa resort on the far side of the moon in return for you immediately giving me your brand new Escalade, what kind of deal is that?
Jul 12, 2010
Kern Deal Is a Deal
Deal with it and move on
Jul 10, 2010
Beneficiaries Pay Position
It is an oversimplification to think that beneficiaries are possible to (politically and meaningfully) isolate.
Jul 09, 2010
Government Double-Speak
I am undecided on the goals of the EPA in this case.
Jul 08, 2010
What Is 'Navigable'?
Even shallow streams that are traversable only by canoe have met the test.
Jul 08, 2010
Flood Control Basins Are Not Rivers
Bend-over taxpayers, because here come the "civil fines"
Jul 08, 2010
Water And Pork Do Not Mix
The water bond deserves an early death.
Jul 06, 2010
Need To Fix Water Infrastructure
The results will be continued unemployment for farm workers and unplanted fields in some of the richest farmland in the world.
Jul 06, 2010
Hoover Dam Has Done A Pretty Good Job
MartyK at 10:56 AM July 5, 2010
Is there really an important reason to characterize the dam as some kind of lie perpetrated on the American people? It seems to me like it's done a pretty good job for the time it's been in place. It seems reasonable to
Jul 05, 2010
Bring Water Bill Back Later
The ballot measure we need to pass is one that rescinds the billions of dollars being spent on high-speed rail
Jul 05, 2010
Do We Need Another Agency?
Now there's just one more agency trying to crowd into the Delta ketchen.
Jul 04, 2010
Wowlll1/3 Of Water Is Coming Back
Is Costa Taking Credit For This Loss Of 2/3 Of The Water?
Jul 03, 2010
Let's Get California's Agri-Business Going
I'm so sick of not being able to find a lousy tomato grown in our state
Jul 03, 2010
I Can Wait
to vote no
Jul 03, 2010
Water Bond And Federal Control
Once this pipeline begins to flow it connects the Sacramento
Jul 01, 2010
We Need Water, Not High Speed Rail
Water project is a greater need
Jul 01, 2010
Prop Deserved To Be Pulled
By 2012 Calif will be a few more billions in debt
Jun 30, 2010
Train But No Water?
But, a $50B bond for the new choo-choo
Jun 30, 2010
The State Is Broke
Maybe Vallejo can give us the benefit of its experience
Jun 29, 2010
Bond Would Have Been Defeated
They are looking to save face
Jun 29, 2010
Water Bond Should Have Been In Stimulus
This is exactly the type of project
Jun 29, 2010
How Do They Do It?
There is a huge difference betwen "revenue" and "profit"
Jun 29, 2010
Why Did Fresno Crop Report Not Drop More?
How does anyone explain this quote? "I don't know how ag did it, but they did it"
Jun 27, 2010
Broke And Going Broker
$3.5B spent and nothing came from it.
Jun 27, 2010
Drought Not Over
I'm sorry, but this editorial is so irresponsible.
Jun 26, 2010
Can't Conserve Our Way Out
We're going to have to build more storage
Jun 24, 2010
50% Is New Normal
Regulatory restrictions on water exports have significantly reduced water supplies for millions
Jun 20, 2010
Everyone Needs A Cause
The drought won't be over until WE stop buying into the need to need a cause....
Jun 19, 2010
Change Whatever You Want
I'll still be voting NO.
Jun 19, 2010
Water Bond Provision
What else did the lawmakers "not notice"?
Jun 17, 2010
Mendota Debate
Boxer has helped bring farmers to their knees and her stance on Illegal immigration has
Jun 16, 2010
It's Not 'Just The Pumps'
This study concludes that 90% of the salmon population end up inside the bass.
Jun 15, 2010
5% Increase
woo hoo!!! let's go plant some cotton
Jun 13, 2010
We Have A Brain Shortage
Shasta Dam had to release water ahead
Jun 13, 2010
System Designed For 12,000,000
Nobody believes the drought argument
Jun 13, 2010
Build More Reservoirs
The dams are overflowing
Jun 12, 2010
Clean Water Act
My heartfelt thanks to Bob Vice for exposing yet another plot to destroy democracy in the US
Jun 04, 2010
Water Bank Facts
This misguided lawsuit contains numerous false claims that are misleading to the public
Jun 01, 2010
Cesspool Calls Sewer Black
You disparage Dr. Glibert credibility---where is yours???
Jun 01, 2010
Sanitation District V. Westside
The science is far from complete and comprehensive in its conclusions
May 29, 2010
Environmentalism Is A Religion
We've been lied to repeatedly by many of the environmental organizations and scientists
May 28, 2010
Short-Lived Victory
The appeals court will peel it like a banana
May 28, 2010
Need To Change Law
The enviro-whacko lawyers have the ability to keep this charade going until the patient is dead.
May 27, 2010
Benefit Of The Doubt
Anyone who believes there is no politics going on in this study is just fooling themselves
May 27, 2010
Fish Are Still Protected
There are no population or life cycle studies that show that take is biologically relevant.
May 27, 2010
Doesn't Like Wanger Ruling
A net loss of 1500 salmon per month? If I poached
May 26, 2010
A Step Toward Balance
While the beneficial effects of these opinions on Delta fish have recently become increasingly questionable,
May 24, 2010
Balanced Approach
The words "balanced approach" have not been used in the past by the Left, and their goofy laws have restricted not only farming but trucking,logging
May 24, 2010
Doubts Water Bond Spending
am getting very tired of being told bond money will be used for one thing and as soon as the money comes in it's spent on social services, illegals, and union sweet heart deals.
May 23, 2010
Doubts Study
$50 thousand dollars down the drain.
May 23, 2010
No Evidence Study Is Biased
It is both dangerous and quite irresponsible to assume, without having any evidence or knowledge, that this or any other scientific study is biased
May 23, 2010
Dismissed For Saying The Obvious
think that a scientist who predicts that fish populations cannot thrive in toilet water
May 20, 2010
U. of Maryland Study
Is skepticism only allowable to those who insist on taking water from farmers and urban water users?
May 19, 2010
The Delta Smelt
Someone please tell me, what does the Delta Smelt do exactly?
May 19, 2010
Facts About The Pumps
ESA Regulators allow fishermen to take/kill +15% of the adult salmon in the "Harvest".
May 19, 2010
Wanger Ruling
the government acted “arbitrarily and capriciously” and the pumping restrictions were “a product of guesstimations”.
May 18, 2010
Sacramento and Sewage
If the small cities have to remove the ammonia why doesn't the biggest city?
May 18, 2010
Hetch Hetchy and Fish
I cannot believe how many people have NOT visited the San Joaquin Valley nor are familiar with the issues yet are making decisions impacting the lives
May 18, 2010
Fish and Sewage
Now the Dems will have 20 more years of studies to study the studies that studied studies. Vote 'em out!
May 16, 2010
Groundwater and Farming
Farmers have been warning citizens for years that Owens Valley was first, and we are next.
May 14, 2010
Water V. Rail
We can live without a train but we can't live without water.
May 14, 2010
Water Bond Phone Survey
It seemed to place farmers in a bad light, removal of ground water, esp., for irrigation as a bad thing.
May 12, 2010
Archives
The past water information is very valuable in knowing our present water situation
May 11, 2010
DFG's San Pablo Disaster
Many onlookers watched as the Seabirds gorged themselves.
May 11, 2010
Other State's Smolt Release
The smolt bussing was an absolute failure and so will the dumping into the Sac river
May 11, 2010
Government Programs Need To Be Examined
So all the work for the last 40 years was a waste while government called is science.
May 06, 2010
Critical Of Miller
If you like Al Gore and Code Pink, you'll love Geoge Miller
May 06, 2010
Miller Says He Backs Water Plan
Portraying me as a bogeyman might make good political fodder, but it doesn't make good water policy
May 05, 2010
3 Musketeers
The only person they carry water for is Nancy Pelosi.
May 05, 2010
Nunes And 'Hard Work'
There was nary a mention of Devin Nunes who has been putting tremendous time and energy to get water to the farmers on the west side
May 05, 2010
Costa And Cardoza 'Hard Work'
They both have done nothing to actually solve the water problem except try to take credit for things they had nothing to do with.
May 05, 2010
Paul Rodriguez Appointment
Please adopt a "Get er' Done" attitude and brush up on any dancing skills you may have. You'll surely have to be very good at side-stepping !!
May 05, 2010
Why Not 100%
How bad will it get when the inevitable real drought hits in the near future?
May 04, 2010
EPA And Water
This is insanity. You can easily grow smelt and salmon in ponds.
May 03, 2010
Lake Mead
If a sharp drop in normal streamflow is not drought, what is it?
May 01, 2010
Water And Politics
So the goobernator will play politics with the words water/drought? Hmm
May 01, 2010
Previous El Nino Winters
2011 and 2012 won't be. 2013 and 2014 are anybody's guess.
May 01, 2010
What Is The Magic Number?
Give us a stat to put into perspective, would you?
Apr 29, 2010
California Supplies Food
All the lefties & Michelle Obama are screeching about the lack of healthy food in the downtrodden children's diets
Apr 28, 2010
Costa V. Haze
Democrats should turn out & support Haze just to show the Bee that there continued love fest between the Bee & Coasta is inappropriate
Apr 27, 2010
Doesn't Like Water Bond
There are many more reasons to vote against the bond. Here are a few:
Apr 26, 2010
Medieval Warm Period
However, the MWP deniers will never admit the existence of the MWP because it means that their religious-like belief in man-made global warming is exposed
Apr 25, 2010
No End To Dems Meddling
Isn't all of this an extension of community activism on a larger scale
Apr 25, 2010
I Can See November
Isn't that great?
Apr 25, 2010
Fed Power Grab
We need Reps and senators that will protect our rights not take them.
Apr 20, 2010
Selective Facts
Too bad she did not mention the 2010 Academy of Sciences report saying the pumps need to be curtailed
Apr 20, 2010
What The Report Did Not Say
The report also said there is a lack of science on the other stressors causing the fish decline
Apr 20, 2010
Commen Sense
How refreshing.
Apr 20, 2010
Nice Presentation of Facts
It is important that we allow the science that provides the facts to guide the discussion
Apr 18, 2010
Not About Smelt
This is not a water or a smelt
issue.It's an assasination of the Central Valley farmer
Apr 17, 2010
Farmers Have Become Pawns
When we cannot find a solution to water for farming and fish that works, it's time to re-examine these laws.
Apr 16, 2010
Costa And Cardoza Are Happy
Wow!!!! can you believe it !!! 30% for water man and 70% for fish?
Apr 16, 2010
Water Allocation
How gracious of the federal government!
Apr 13, 2010
It's More Than Farm Jobs
There is an enormous employed infrastructure involved in AG???
Apr 13, 2010
Lunacy Getting Out Of Hand
Because of the shut off of the irrigation pumps thousand of people have lost their jobs
Apr 13, 2010
MWD Rate Hikes
Say, here?s a thought, why don?t we just kill everyone south of the pumps? That way the fish can thrive and no one will need any of their precious water
Apr 13, 2010
Dams and Protection
Dams provide 7 forms of resource protection
Apr 13, 2010
New Dams
All water supply issues for California could be solved with either the Marysville Dam or the Aubrun Dam
Apr 12, 2010
ABC Signs
There are already plenty of signs saying "ABC-Anyone But Costa" strewn about his district
Apr 12, 2010
Incumbents & Unions
The unions which own the legislature will get the legislature they want.
Apr 12, 2010
Phony Exchanges
What is discouraging is that there are 1) people willing to say things like this in order to keep their jobs
Apr 12, 2010
Costa, Miller An Act?
The inside fight is orchestrated to try and help save the two after they towed Nancy Pelosi's line all year.
Apr 11, 2010
Is Bond Worth It?
we need to all carefully read the specifics of the bond to see if we agree
Apr 11, 2010
Wherein Water Originates
It's insane to send water hundreds of miles from its origin.
Apr 11, 2010
We Get Government We Deserve
The last commodity California has that people really need is food
Apr 11, 2010
Battle Is Political
Can you imagine the City of Los Angeles not getting involved to ensure they will not have an interupion
Apr 10, 2010
Good Luck On Water
The judges,the liberal politicians ( Pelosi,Miller,Boxer,Feinstein,Cardoza and Costa) are owned by the enviro
Apr 07, 2010
Miller and Costa
Why wouldn't it be fair for those farmers closer to Hetch Hetchy to call our water - theirs? After all, it is coming from their back yard -
Apr 06, 2010
S.F. and Hetch-Hetchy
You are the ones who get a cheap ride from a resivoir located near Yosemite National Park
Apr 06, 2010
Water Isn't 'Free'
Second, the delivery mechanism has been provided to farmers and water districts at a steep discount, yes, but it's not free
Apr 06, 2010
Water Would Help Economy
Drive up I-5 and see the endless dust bowls. Instead that could be growing lush crops,
Apr 06, 2010
No Love Lost For 'Family Farms'
Just like logging, the steel industry, and the auto industry; it's time for huge 'family' farms to pay for the water they need to use.
Apr 04, 2010
Planted Fish Will Eat Smelt
If not, then why is feeding steelhead and salmon endangered smelt OK
Apr 04, 2010
Doubts Pilot Project
Does anybody remember the desalination plant just north of Hwy 152 east of Los Banos built in the 1970s
Apr 03, 2010
Likes Roos-Collins
He was one of the key voices in the historic Klamath River Settlement
Apr 03, 2010
Water Council Board
Now we see that the board is corrupt and of course we all know how corrupt Karen Bass was.
Apr 02, 2010
Parched Ground?
Parched ground? HA! We've just had four months of mud that the ground couldn't support an ATV
Apr 02, 2010
State Water And The Pumps
The State Water Project has lost about 500,000 acre-feet this year to the extreme regulation of the Delta pumps
Apr 02, 2010
Snowpack Is Deceptive
Damn snow, trying to trick us all into thinking it's really there when it isn't.
Apr 01, 2010
Support For Nunes
Devin, do not be moved by what you hear, feel or see.
Apr 01, 2010
The Libs Rule The Day
No matter what Devin introduces it will be shot down.
Apr 01, 2010
Acting Like Children
I thank Bee columnist Bill McEwen for his thoughts on the recent activity of Rep. Devin Nunes
Apr 01, 2010
'Warm and Fuzzy' Feeling For Salmon
It is just a "warm and fuzzy" day because we are going to have salmon come up the San Joaquin.
Apr 01, 2010
Environmental Groups And The Economy
I find it quite amazing: How these environmental groups take donations from their lemming followers
Mar 31, 2010
Feds Should Not Have Power
And where in the Constitution does the US government find the power to regulate California water? No where
Mar 31, 2010
Move To San Francisco
We can all sign up for food stamps,(ebt cart) and free medical care.
Mar 31, 2010
Need To Think About Ag
Calif orchards in the Central Valley are being bulldozed due to the lack of water. For those dense city dwellers, no water equals no crops
Mar 31, 2010
Developers and Water
I haven?t seen one ?Save Hetch Hetchy? bumper sticker in all of SF??..
Mar 31, 2010
Farm Land Is Gone
The birds are coming back. the kayakers are back; but Our food is gone
Mar 30, 2010
Less Water Means Less Food
Farmers will not lose 230,000 acre feet of water annually. A hungry world will lose food.
Mar 28, 2010
Protect The Dairy Industry
What has to stop is the Dudley Ridge Water Disrict from selling its water allotments
Mar 28, 2010
Biggest 'Stressor'
The biggest "stressor" here is that Carte blanche support for enviornomental whackos
Mar 26, 2010
Many Problems In The Delta
The report will examine the array of factors - not just water diversions - that are harming the Delta
Mar 26, 2010
Farming Getting More Difficult
He once told me that if a you didn't have experience writing a salary check for an employee and caring for their families
Mar 26, 2010
Farms Are Dying?
Yes, they are dying. With the government putting fish before food.
Mar 25, 2010
Sanity of Public Officials
These stoned wild-eyed Utopian zealots gravitated towards government and they have reached the pinnacle of power.
Mar 25, 2010
Hetch Hetchy Next?
Now why doesn't the Natural Resource Defense Council start work on restoring Hetch Hetchy?
Mar 25, 2010
Restoration Could Have Been Done Better
Another dam or two
would have been needed above Millerton to provide enough water for fish
Mar 24, 2010
Nunes Uses Opposition Effectively
Nunes last week accused fellow Valley congressmen Dennis Cardoza and Jim Costa, both Democrats, of exchanging their support
Mar 24, 2010
Devin Stands For Principles
I admire that Devin holds his own.
Mar 24, 2010
Editorial Is Whining
We don't need Representatives who vote as ordered (ie. Costa and Cardoza) by those who don't have our best interests in mind.
Mar 23, 2010
Devin's Comments Were True
Of course we can settle for what mild mannered Jim Costa tells us
Mar 23, 2010
There Is A War Going On In This Country
McEwen - you want the old Nunes because you want milk toast for breakfast.
Mar 23, 2010
Supports Nunes
Devin Nunes is the only one who has the GUTS to say it like it is
Mar 22, 2010
Findings of 'Experts'
However, all too many of these "experts" are dependent upon that same government for their livelihoods - either as an employee or as a recipient of grants.
Mar 21, 2010
Doubts Cardoza's Sincere
Cardoza is making a mistake.
Mar 21, 2010
Remember in November
They got bought off with a serious increase in water allocations
Mar 21, 2010
Doesn't Trust Scientific Community
Let's see, high level scientists, also, said global warming and climate change would destroy the environment, 2009 would be a year of very bad hurricanes, the polar bears were nearing extinction
Mar 20, 2010
More Research is Needed
This is code for I do not have my next research grant, but this seems like an opportunity.
Mar 20, 2010
Look at More Than Stats
the 'panel of experts' which authored the report should be required to take up residence in one of the rural areas of the vally for 60 days in summer and 60 days in winter
Mar 19, 2010
Keep Voting for Democrats?
So, here once again the Left harms the very people they claim to "help."
Mar 19, 2010
Democrat Method of Legislation
This is insane! When did this country become a dictatorship run by Nancy Pelosi and a few top level Democrats?
Mar 18, 2010
Time To Wake Up
Now miraculously we don't need the fish anymore,
Mar 18, 2010
State Should Order The Water Turned On
I get so sick and tired of seeing states buckle under to the feds when all federal authority
and money derives from the states
Mar 17, 2010
Vote Yes on Obamacare = Water
How ugly this administration is for all to see.
Mar 17, 2010
Allocation Keeps Getting Smaller
First it was going to 40% ,then 30% and now 25%; and people are happy?
Mar 17, 2010
Ag Has Compromised On Water Long Enough
I'm amazed at the Visalia Times-Delta's editorial
board's lack of understanding on water.
Mar 17, 2010
Water And Health Care
The White House just bought off Costa and Cardoza. Salazar not only announced the increased water deliveries himself
Mar 16, 2010
25% Not Good Enough
I just hope that this increase will help some growers survive long enough for our leaders to get their heads removed from various orifices.
Mar 15, 2010
Offended By McEwen Column
Go to the Riverdale girls softball park, the little league field and the youth soccer fields
Mar 14, 2010
McEwen's Article
Farmers are old-fashioned I guess, but they have been raised to believe that a good deed
Mar 14, 2010
Costa
Must be election time?
Mar 13, 2010
Smelt Policy
Rules like this is why so many people and businesses are leaving this state.
Mar 12, 2010
Costa
I sure did not see you mention anything about what legislation you have introduced to fix any of it. Guess that is because there isn't any.
Mar 12, 2010
Costa
Where was Jim Costa when the vote really counted?
Mar 11, 2010
Farmers And Their Communities
Fresno State University: Do the names Shehadey/Ricchiuti ring a bell?
Mar 11, 2010
Temperance Flat
The fact is, despite your eagerness to bash CVP water users, public investment in projects like the CVP have huge economic benefits
Mar 11, 2010
McEwen's Article
Mr. McEwen I guess our politicians would rather see 40 percent unemployment in the San Joaquin Valley then actually make a stand against a "no science" law that puts fish over farming.
Mar 11, 2010
Paying for Dams
More water for the environment only, but humans continually have to take less and less and less
Mar 11, 2010
Environmental Regulations
This STATE RUN ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP HAS SUCKED THE TAX PAYERS DRY and DRIVEN INDUSTRY AND JOBS OUT OF THE STATE.
Mar 10, 2010
Exchange Contractors Deal
The Exchange Contractors historic water rights were intended to be upheld by their contract with the government.
Mar 09, 2010
FPTV Website
Never realized there was so much going on and how much politics controlled the outcome and not just the actual needs of the state or country as a whole
Mar 08, 2010
Water = Economic Activity
Is there any wonder why the State is seeing a $28 BILLION+ deficit; and the City of Fresno just announced a $28 MILLION short-fall?
Mar 08, 2010
Farm Economy Not That Bad
But agriculture revenue has actually increased. 38 billion in 2009. Lets see if drought was a consideration
Mar 07, 2010
Stressors in the Delta
Your characterization of the other "stressors in the Delta" as "Westlands talking points" does a disservice to the scientists
Mar 07, 2010
Can't Trust The Feds
The fact that we may receive 30% someday after planting season's over is of no comfort
Mar 07, 2010
Miller Was Disingenuous
He should tackle the hundreds of unscreened diversions in his district, and monitor the sewage his district spews into the Delta.
Mar 06, 2010
Concern About PG & E
Please take a close look at the ballot measure PG&E is putting on the ballot that would essentally kill public power in California.
Mar 06, 2010
Congress Created Drought
Millions of acre feet of clean water now flows to the ocean
Mar 05, 2010
Enviros Kill Jobs
We?ve had enough of the lies and broken promises!
Mar 01, 2010
Still No Guarantee
The Administration should immediately guarantee a 30 percent supply with a promise to assist in finding real water for the additional 10 percent
Mar 01, 2010
6 Fish?
Six dead fish and 46,000 farmworkers lose their jobs? All the rain we've been having and they don't capture it
Mar 01, 2010
5% Water and Salmon
Just because farmers are going to get a minimal allocation DOES NOT mean that the Salmon are goners
Feb 27, 2010
Environmental Consumption Is The Largest
If you are a farmer, you can not plant on maybe & might.
Feb 27, 2010
Gov't Taking From Farmers
We are paying these people to make
up these little problems and then again to
pretend like they can fix it.
Feb 27, 2010
Water Allocation
Lets get a few more government agencies to jump into this fray
Feb 26, 2010
Farmers and the Delta
During the past two years, agriculture has received its lowest allocations on record, yet species continue to decline.
Feb 26, 2010
Water and Control
We have plenty of water, it is just a political device to control farmers, drive up prices, please the State Department
Feb 26, 2010
Miller and Smelt
It is time to retire Mr. Miller and take Boxer and Feinstein with you.
Feb 26, 2010
Miller's Disdain
It?s an instant jobs bill. Just add water
Feb 26, 2010
California Should Solve Its Own Problems
Its time for the State to beef up its own water system and stop relying on the feds.
Feb 25, 2010
How Do We Afford Water Bond?
Why not spend the approximate $8 billion in unspent Prop.E and Prop 84 water bond $$ before incurring more debt?
Feb 25, 2010
Diane, We're Still Waiting
Diane the logging industry is still waiting for your help after you stopped logging in the National Forests
Feb 25, 2010
Political Sincerity
Then they back peddle when the public cries out, just to make it look as though they care so they can get re-elected
Feb 25, 2010
Farmers Need Water
I'm not a big Feinstein fan but the idea to get more water to the valley region is a good one and should be supported
Feb 25, 2010
Driving Farmers Out Of Business
If we don't work to preserve agriculture in conjuction with our natural resources in this state and in this nation, we will eventually be in the same position with our food supply in this country as are we are with our oil supply
Feb 24, 2010
How Much Water?
The water problems which plague California have nothing to do with the amount of water it receives
Feb 24, 2010
Compromise
No one has what it takes to stand up for what is right except for a few like Congressman Nunes.
Feb 24, 2010
'Practical' Nunes
This is not "HIS" agenda. It is our agenda
Feb 24, 2010
Artificial Ceiling
Yes, 40% water allotment does sound better than 10%, but why not fight for 100%? Does she really think we are just a bunch of uneducated Valley folks
Feb 24, 2010
Food Creates Sewage
We should all be against food and water. Don't eat or drink any of it
Feb 23, 2010
Jobs Lost
I live in Fresno and have seen the devastation in people's lives out on the West Side
Feb 23, 2010
Saving the Fish
Shutting the water off to save a fish isn't saving the fish
Feb 22, 2010
How To Fight
What you have to do is fight them back on different terms. Pressure your State legislators to exempt your whole state of the abuses of Endangered species act
Feb 22, 2010
Save the Fish! Kill the Farmer!
Maybe all of the farm workers who will be out of a job can start fishing for smelt.
Feb 22, 2010
Big Ag And The Economy
state workers, university professors contribute not one cent into our economy, just the opposite
Feb 22, 2010
Fantasyland
Well how bout that. More hydro projects, the very kind that makes the enviro whackadoodles soil themselves.
Feb 21, 2010
Idled Land On I-5
This water affects hundreds of thousands of people. The fish are for a few, but the crops and livestock are for many
Feb 21, 2010
Sewage In The Delta
This water contains prescription and illegal drugs not removed from the wastewater that flows directly into the Delta.
Feb 21, 2010
Elected Leaders Have Responsibility
Jim Costa, Dean Florez and Juan Arambula all have some significant responsibility for this mess as well.
Feb 20, 2010
Quintanar Issues Challenge
if they support the pork, I mean "jobs bill", in order to pass the water legislation, the left will point out how they betrayed conservative by supporting more government spending.
Feb 20, 2010
Feinstein Won't Succeed
I tried, but was outvoted, but I feel your pain".
Feb 20, 2010
Outstanding Bonds
We have too many outstanding bonds right now
Feb 20, 2010
Manipulating Polls
99.9% of the people polled have little to no idea of what's at stake, let alone what this ballot measure would do to them or for them.
Feb 20, 2010
Past Water Bonds
Maybe they would find it easier to get the money if they would actually come through on the projects we have voted for in the past.
Feb 19, 2010
Lost Jobs
As the Valley dries up, the implications are immense. Our tax base will be reduced and that will affect our ability to provide the services our residents need and deserve. In this case, gallons equals dollars
Feb 19, 2010
Damage By California Politicians
The damage inflicted by California's politicians is incalculable. Their budgets are not only unbalanced, they are also fraudulent
Feb 19, 2010
Compromise
When the state has received above average rainfall, but will only deliver 40% of the contracted amount to the Valley, that is the definition of a compromise
Feb 19, 2010
Feinstein Doesn't Care
Feinstein never helped the loggers; Feinstein does not care about the San Joaquin Valley.
Feb 18, 2010
Sen. Feinstein
What is wrong with you people???? Senator Feinstein is doing exactly the right thing.
Feb 18, 2010
Smelt V. Farmers
Any human being who feels it's justifiable to shut off water to millions of PEOPLE and force thousands of families to the brink of starvation
Feb 18, 2010
Cardoza
Little late in showing your fangs now Denny
Feb 17, 2010
L.A. Times
If our land is unsuited for agriculture, how did we become the most productive farmers in the nation
Feb 17, 2010
L.A. Times
Hello LA Times editorial board. Any amendment that increases water exports from the Delta helps YOU! As in the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Feb 17, 2010
Cutting Off The Water
What kind of govrn. do we have that ruins family farms and puts thousands out of work
Feb 16, 2010
Water Tied To Jobs Bill
I find it typical that Sen. Feinstein makes this discovery and pushes it forward for the valley and then ties it to the Jobs Bill
Feb 16, 2010
Westlands Does Not Sell Water
I am in Westlands and Westlands does NOT sell water outside the district.
Feb 16, 2010
Selling Water
But explain to me why Sandridge Partners should be able t sell the publics waters at an obscene profit of over $70 Milllion?
Feb 15, 2010
Water Wasted Going To The Ocean
At least 76% of the water that reaches the delta is being flushed to the Ocean
Feb 15, 2010
Di Fi
Agribusiness is a large and important component of our economy, and the factors affecting how our statewide water recourse system can best be used
Feb 15, 2010
People Out Of Work
Maybe she cares about the thousands of farmworkers
Feb 15, 2010
Tear Down The Dams
SF would not have water, due to the loss of Hetch Hetchy, but the salmon would be happy
Feb 14, 2010
Shutting Down The Pumps
But shutting down the pumps has not resulted in anything close to a ?remedy.? Your logic is fallacious and illogical: ?something?s wrong with my car so I will disable the gas and water pumps
Feb 14, 2010
Water Flows To The Sea
They are not just bankrupting the farms but the farm workers and local and state tax revenues as well
Feb 14, 2010
Politicians Don't Know
Great article.
You are working with politicians and environmentalists that have no idea where their food comes from.
Feb 14, 2010
Two Gates
99.9% of the farmers from Buttonwillow to Los Banos are not billionaires. In fact there is probably only one.
Feb 14, 2010
Feinstein V. Napolitano
detailing her many concerns with Feinstein's proposal to amend the jobs bill with a provision to send more water to Ag.
Feb 14, 2010
Attempt To Save Democrats
This is an attempt to save democrats jobs
Feb 13, 2010
'No Pumping' Hasn't Helped
Two years of major pumping restrictions and all threatened species are worse off...
Feb 13, 2010
Sea Lions
people that lived at the mouth of the rivers use to shoot the seals!! They always had plenty of salmon!!
Feb 13, 2010
Bush's Fault
Bush' Fault
Feb 13, 2010
Boxer Great For Business
that is great for businesses that do not reside in California
Feb 13, 2010
Anyone But Boxer
She is not concerned with Californians, or our ability to live, work ,and be happy
Feb 13, 2010
Sea Lions V. Salmon
You have to be smoking some of that medical marijuana not to see the effect sea lions are having on the Chinook salmon population
Feb 12, 2010
Destroying Ag
But the nut case environmentalists will have the required number of Delta smelt.
Feb 12, 2010
Diane Feinstein
Anything the Senator does that annoys her fellow party members is fine by me.
Feb 12, 2010
Farmers and Salmon
Just my opinion, but, I think it is very wrong to endanger the salmon and the entire delta ecosystem while people water lawns in the suburbs.
Feb 12, 2010
River Restoration
the environmentalists will find a new species living in the retored river and prevent water conservation. Does anyone know what they rules are in an event such as that?
Feb 12, 2010
Looney Left
The loony progressive left is destroying public sector jobs
Feb 11, 2010
6 Fish
Do you know how many Delta Smelt were entrained (sucked
Feb 11, 2010
Texans for Farmers
I?m just a citizen from Texas who wants nothing but for these people to be able to farm and feed their families.
Feb 10, 2010
Leave The Pumps On!
Why are we begging the "Man" to allow us to live? Are we really going to go through last summer again? Perhaps it is time to stand up collectively and say, no
Feb 10, 2010
How Stupid Are We?
But the Smelt are the main
concern now because they are so important to the environment.
The salmon ?
Feb 10, 2010
Fish Before People
Awesome to know that useless little fish come before people (not considering the fact that several environmental agencies have already said that an insignificant number of the smelt get sucked into the pumps).
Feb 09, 2010
Pumping Rules Kill Jobs
I would like to see how the President and Congress is going to create jobs if they let the enviromentalist kill jobs in the California Ag industry.
Feb 09, 2010
Sheriff and Pumps
All that has to happen to end this lunacy is for the Sheriff of the affected counties to declare State's Rights under the Tenth Amendment of the US Constitution, demand that the pumps be turned back on
Feb 09, 2010
Ag V. Lawns
As for those of naively criticize agriculture for using water to grow crops - just my opinion but you are very wrong to do so as long as people have yards
Feb 09, 2010
Politicians
If we could only build a dam
Feb 08, 2010
Foreign Produce
I guess the Senators think its 'cheaper' to have produce, meat etc shipped into the USA then to let the farmers have water. In the meantime, is anyone watching
Feb 08, 2010
Foreign Avacados
the jacking up of the water rates and the cold hearted denial of water to the San Jacquin valley farmers and others has caused a "drought" in avocado production.
Feb 07, 2010
Kern River Water
There are no doubts about the fighting going on in Bakersfield over flowing water down the Kern River. (Bet you thought all the water wars were raging in the Delta.)
Feb 07, 2010
Man and Nature
The mindless rant of Californiacated is exactly the type of thinking that will make the human race an endangered speciaes . He seems to forget, if he ever knew,
Feb 07, 2010
Dams and Fish
I don't see this doing much good for a bunch of fish to begin with. That water should only be released from the dams only if there is a danger of overflow.
Feb 07, 2010
Boon Swaggled
Isn't it amazing, that a group of environmentalists have "boon swaggled" their membership into believe that taking water from producing farmers for a fish
Feb 06, 2010
Salmon Fishermen
Salmon Fishermen, Did you read this?"
"Currently, that number is calculated at 22,897 juvenile winter-run salmon. But in January, only 1,154 were found in the pumps -- or about 5% of the limit."
Feb 06, 2010
Delta Smelt
Who here (folks in attendance) eats Delta Smelt? or who has ever heard of that fish before we stopped giving water to the valley to produce vegetables and keep the farming in the central valley going?
Feb 05, 2010
Agribusiness
I really know nothing about Westlands, being an East Coast fifth generation farm family and all. And I have absolutely no "beef" with fisherman. Fisherman, farmers....we are the people who put food on the American table
Feb 04, 2010
Delta Problems
Even the most highly respected scientist can't say for certain what the problems are in the delta. In fact, some scientist are saying that it could be a combination of factors.
Feb 04, 2010
Response to 'Agribusiness'
Hello there Mr. or Mrs. Anonymous, Jim didn't call Westlands an "agri-business", but an "agri-business group", and though maybe the term isn't 100% correct, I tried to come up with a better one
Feb 04, 2010
Agribusiness
The term "agribusiness" is used negatively by critics of large-scale, industrialized, food production, that is synonymous with corporate farming. So I am a little confused
Feb 03, 2010
Dellta Toilet
When I say toilet, I'm talking about the over 1 billion gallons a day of sewage are being dumped into the delta. How can a radical eviro allow this to continue???
Feb 03, 2010
The Smelt
It is sad to see that a little minnow that does not effect the ecosystem at all is causing the best farmland in America to dry up.
Feb 03, 2010
Ever Work for a Poor Man?
Of course not. It takes someone with an idea as well as money to start a business and create jobs.
Feb 03, 2010
ESA
Anyone who attended yesterday's hearing had to recognize the need for changes being made to the 35 year old Endangered Species Act (ESA). When the human suffering
Feb 01, 2010
Big V. Small
Truth be told, there is no need for an either/or stance on this topic of big vs. small farms. There is room for small farms, large farms, organic and conventional.
Feb 01, 2010
Interior
The Administration has basically ignored the issue and hoped it would go away. Ken Salazar has paid a couple of obligatory visits and makes big announcements that basically say nothing
Feb 01, 2010
Environmentalism
Environmentalism is fraud. This is another case where a crisis is manufactured in order to pursue
Jan 30, 2010
David Hayes
David Hayes' hand has been exposed. He's had a vindetta against Westside agriculture dating back to the early '90's,
Jan 30, 2010
Salazar Had to Know
Salazar had to know that what he was saying was an outright lie,
Jan 30, 2010
Comment On Independent Panel
Thank you for drawing attention to this important matter. We have just finished reviewing the response prepared by the latest panel, and it may be helpful to your readers to understand the history
Jan 29, 2010
The Constitution Is A Stubborn Document
The Natural Resource Defense Council's Barry Nelson doesn't like what Pacific Legal Foundation is doing when it comes to California's water.
Jan 29, 2010
Drought
We're at 130% percent of normal, of course the drought isn't over,
Jan 28, 2010
Water Derivitives
?It seems the protagonists havent heard of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, Entropy, or, for kindergartners, Humpty-Dumpty.
Oct 17, 2009
Let's keep farm water on the farm
But while we are at it, let's pass a law whereby water rights to farmers are restricted for farmland use only so no water rights can be sold or given to metropolitan agencies.
Oct 02, 2009
Is reality part of the equation?
I am curious as to what the water temperature is in the San Joaquin River downstream of Firebaugh during the time that these envirenmentalists expect the Salmon to migrate
Sep 17, 2009
Any good appraiser or lender will tell you the same story
In fact comparable sales of land clearly distinguish the differentials in value based upon the availability and dependability of a good quality water supply.
Sep 16, 2009
What is the value of farmland without water available for it?
The absence of water not only kills our agricultural economy and heritage...
Sep 16, 2009
How much is property worth without water?
Gentlemen: If this bunch in Sacto don't release the water to irrigate the valley, there will be many more than 18,000 families without income!
Sep 16, 2009
Let's come together
The people of agriculture run this state and it is time we retake ownership.
Sep 15, 2009
Radio ads
Nice work on the radio ads.
Sep 15, 2009
Federal government is ignoring a national emergency
We the people need to go turn on the pumps!!!
Sep 14, 2009
Health care like water care?
You can live without a doctor for many years, but how long can you live without water?
Sep 14, 2009
Go team
Thank you so much for your hard work to help get our water back on.
Sep 10, 2009
Nice article in response to Salazar's comments
It will amaze us all how quickly the environmental issues will disappear once the elite have acquired all the rights and assets they need to provide sufficient water to their constituents.
Sep 06, 2009
Thank you and go get em'
I will gladly post your info, newsletter and website on the board for the locals.
Sep 04, 2009
History is repeating itself
Please tell me if Terror Famine is what is happening to our California...
Sep 03, 2009
My family and myself are interested
As a farming family we are 100% supportive.
Sep 03, 2009
Best commercial that I have seen about our water crisis
This commercial really got us all to thinking and actually gave me goose bumps to think that we would have to be dependant on foreign imports when we are so far advanced than most countries.
Aug 31, 2009
Am I reading correctly?
Am I reading Gilkey/Howe comments correctly that they are supportive of selling valley water to MWD?
Aug 07, 2009
Unacceptable sewage dumping
I called the Sacramento Sewage Department and asked what the deal was and their response was that they did not treat the water they dumped into the Sacramento River for ammonia because it would be costly and raise the monthly rates for their customers.
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