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Water activists to rally in Fresno: Hundreds, perhaps thousands, expected

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on June 30, 2009 at 6:18 am

From the Fresno Bee:

Organizers of a second Rally for Water are expecting several hundred, if not thousands, to descend on downtown Fresno on Wednesday as they continue their fight for more water.

Farmers, workers and elected officials have been invited to attend the noon rally in front of City Hall. A march around the downtown area will follow.

Mario Santoyo, a member of the Latino Water Coalition and organizer of the event, said the group wants to continue the momentum it gained from a four-day protest march in early April. Several thousand participated in the march that began in Mendota and ended at the base of the San Luis Reservoir with a rally that drew Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. “We are not going away and we want to continue to keep this issue alive,” Santoyo said. “We hope that this will help expedite getting a solution to the problem.”

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June 30, 2009 · Filed Under Agriculture, San Joaquin Valley

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