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Ag has compromised on water long enough, says commentary

Posted by: Maven on March 17, 2010 at 7:51 am

From the Visalia Times-Delta, this commentary by Mike Bennett:

“I’m amazed at the Visalia Times-Delta’s editorial board’s lack of understanding on water. First of all, in their recent editorial, they criticize our congressman and Valley farmers and ranchers for not compromising. Clearly, they are not students of history.

In 1992, through George Miller and Nancy Pelosi, the CVPIA took our water through a so-called compromise. Then, in another disastrous compromise, the San Joaquin River Settlement took more water. Now the Visalia Times-Delta is saying we should compromise on the biological opinions on the Delta smelt and killer whale.

The definition of compromise is a settlement in which each side makes concessions.

I believe we have compromised enough, and it is time for the editorial board to look at the radical elements of the environmental movement and ask when they have ever compromised. The environmentalists come and take water once, they take it twice, and they are never satisfied, because they always come back for more. … “

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March 17, 2010 · Filed Under Agriculture

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