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Commentary on Vegas and water: Notes on a skirmish, Southern Nevada Water Authority schemes defeated yet again

Posted by: Maven on March 6, 2010 at 5:11 am

From the Chance of Rain blog:

“Goliath wasn’t really trying, didn’t really want to win and it never really was a contest. That’s the upshot of the response from the Southern Nevada Water Authority after a proposed amendment provoked by legal troubles to do with its massive haul of water awards out of central Nevada failed to pass during the special session of state legislature, which closed early Monday.

Those opposing the amendment along with the SNWA’s proposed pipeline into the heart of the state claimed a huge victory. Dozens of Vegas lobbyists turned away! A great day for justice, the small man, everything good!

The Las Vegas water authority shrugged it off, saying that it had been working for the amendment in Carson City simply to help a beleaguered state natural resources agency protect thousands of water awards threatened as a byproduct of a nuisance suit brought by the pipeline protestors. … “

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From Las Vegas City Life, investigative reporter George Knapp (Las Vegas Channel 8) delves into more shenanigans:

“If ever there was a guy who fit the political cliché about someone you’d like to have a beer with, it’s Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins. Collins is a likeable, plainspoken cowpoke, not averse to using a four-letter word when appropriate, more than willing to call a spade by its proper name. … “

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March 6, 2010 · Filed Under Las Vegas & Nevada

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