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PSN Editorial: Water package has many pluses

Posted by: Maven on November 15, 2009 at 9:55 am

From the Pasadena Star News, this editorial:

“Mark Twain once said, “whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over.”

Indeed, this has been true, from Mulholland diverting flows from the Owens Valley to L.A. to local water wars involving the vast underground San Gabriel Basin.

But the new bipartisan agreement hammered out in Sacramento earlier this month, the one that culminates in an $11.1 billion water bond measure on next November’s ballot, was built around multiple stakeholders coming together; it makes Twain’s Wild West water free-for-all seem very out-of-date.

Though not perfect, the water package could become Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s biggest achievement if he can convince voters of its importance. Many lawmakers, including Rep Mike Eng, D-El Monte and Ed Hernandez, D-West Covina, view this as perhaps the most important legislation they ever voted on, or ever will.

We see a lot of good things in this package, and undoubtedly, some pork and missed opportunities as well. First the good stuff. …”

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November 15, 2009 · Filed Under Legislation - State & Federal

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