Comments on: Commentary: Environmental groups, water advocates, and fisheries react to Sean Hannity spreading misinformation on California water crisis http://aquafornia.com/archives/11964 The California Water News blog! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:48:00 -0800 hourly 1 By: Beverly Congdon http://aquafornia.com/archives/11964/comment-page-1#comment-41241 Beverly Congdon Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:18:21 +0000 http://aquafornia.com/?p=11964#comment-41241 By the way, in terms of unemployment, a 15% unemployment rate compared to a national average of 9.6% (in 2010) IS HUGE!!!!!! Yuba City's unemployment rate of 19.3% MORE THAN DOUBLES the national average!! By the way, in terms of unemployment, a 15% unemployment rate compared to a national average of 9.6% (in 2010) IS HUGE!!!!!!

Yuba City’s unemployment rate of 19.3% MORE THAN DOUBLES the national average!!

]]> By: Beverly Congdon http://aquafornia.com/archives/11964/comment-page-1#comment-41240 Beverly Congdon Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:16:17 +0000 http://aquafornia.com/?p=11964#comment-41240 Are fishes really more important than American jobs? 7 of the nation's 10 leading cities in unemployment are agricultural regions in California. (I have *'d the agricultural regions below) Cities with the highest unemployment rates in 2010: El Centro, Calif. -- 29.1 Yuma, Ariz. -- 24.8 *Yuba City, Calif. -- 19.3 *Merced, Calif. -- 18.6 *Stockton, Calif. -- 17.5 *Modesto, Calif. -- 17.2 *Fresno, Calif. -- 16.9 *Visalia-Porterville, Calif. -- 16.8 Palm Coast, Fla. -- 16.6 *Hanford-Corcoran, Calif. -- 16.4 Your accusation that farmers are using wasteful amounts of water is absolutely false, and contains no evidence. Water is EXTREMELY expensive for farmers, so do you really think they would pay for more water to produce the same amount of crop?? There is absolutely no motive for farmers to use more than necessary amounts for water when its so expensive. In fact, it's one of the highest costs in agricultural production. Are fishes really more important than American jobs?

7 of the nation’s 10 leading cities in unemployment are agricultural regions in California. (I have *’d the agricultural regions below)

Cities with the highest unemployment rates in 2010:

El Centro, Calif. — 29.1
Yuma, Ariz. — 24.8
*Yuba City, Calif. — 19.3
*Merced, Calif. — 18.6
*Stockton, Calif. — 17.5
*Modesto, Calif. — 17.2
*Fresno, Calif. — 16.9
*Visalia-Porterville, Calif. — 16.8
Palm Coast, Fla. — 16.6
*Hanford-Corcoran, Calif. — 16.4

Your accusation that farmers are using wasteful amounts of water is absolutely false, and contains no evidence.
Water is EXTREMELY expensive for farmers, so do you really think they would pay for more water to produce the same amount of crop?? There is absolutely no motive for farmers to use more than necessary amounts for water when its so expensive. In fact, it’s one of the highest costs in agricultural production.

]]> By: Dan Bacher’s Fishing Issues and News » Blog Archive » The Coast That Sean Hannity Forgot: Big Ag’s Lies Exposed http://aquafornia.com/archives/11964/comment-page-1#comment-22884 Dan Bacher’s Fishing Issues and News » Blog Archive » The Coast That Sean Hannity Forgot: Big Ag’s Lies Exposed Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:18:16 +0000 http://aquafornia.com/?p=11964#comment-22884 [...] Environmental groups, water advocates, and fisheries …  By Aqua Blog Maven: http://aquafornia.com/archives/11964  Zeke Grader of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Association extended an on-air [...] [...] Environmental groups, water advocates, and fisheries …  By Aqua Blog Maven: http://aquafornia.com/archives/11964  Zeke Grader of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Association extended an on-air [...]

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