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A peripheral canal won’t make any more water; it will just send more of it from north to south, says commentary

Posted by: Maven on August 23, 2009 at 11:35 am

From the Sacramento Bee, this commentary by Burt Wilson, staff member of the successful No on Prop. 9 campaign against the peripheral canal in 1982; he has remained engaged in water issues since:

“The debate over the peripheral canal – or the “conveyance” as it is euphemistically called these days – is the hottest issue in California since Proposition 13. Everyone has something to say about it, and all kinds of appointed commissions have done studies on it. And now, because opposition is so solid, the governor is talking about giving the whole thing to a commission, instead of the voters, to decide.

I worked in the Southern California office of the campaign against the peripheral canal in 1982. Most people saw it then as a water grab by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Most Californians agreed, and we won by a two-thirds vote.

Today, the issue is back once again – now dressed up in new campaign language couched in “saving the Delta” from the “crisis” it’s in. And it’s harder to tell who the culprits are. …”

Read the rest of Burt’s commentary by clicking here.

August 23, 2009 · Filed Under Delta Issues

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