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California’s Political Water Wars Heat Up
Canada Free Pressa ^ | 04/30/16 | Katy Grimes

Posted on 04/30/2016 6:29:13 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony

In the coming days, I will shed light on the players and their motivations behind this latest California Water War

Water wars are historic undertakings in California. Countless other publications have written recently about the proposed ballot measure that would redirect High Speed Rail bond money for water-related projects and prioritize the use of water, But what makes this story interesting is the coalition of opponents, their motivations and techniques being employed.

The Committee to Stop the Special Interest Water Grab, led by David Guy, president of the Northern California Water Association, Tim Johnson, president of the California Rice Commission and a “contract administrator” at California Rice Industry Association, and political operative Steve Maviglio of Forza Communications and big supporter of High Speed Rail, have launched an all-out assault campaign against the California Water Priorities Initiative.


TOPICS: Government; Outdoors; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: california; davidguy; stevemaviglio; timjohnson; waterwars

1 posted on 04/30/2016 6:29:13 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
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To: Sean_Anthony

Water wars in California are historic. They are often times epic.

This one should be fun because it pits the high speed rail boondoggle against the need for reservoirs


2 posted on 04/30/2016 7:15:23 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Sometimes it seems too bad that Edgar Cayce was so wrong.

3 posted on 04/30/2016 7:27:34 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: Nifster

High speed rail should win that battle easily. California wants to tear out dams, not build new ones. Once they finish turning the farmlands into deserts, they’ll have to look elsewhere to steal the water. But new dams are unlikely in that state.


4 posted on 04/30/2016 7:53:49 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35

Except they ain’t thrilled with the slow train either


5 posted on 04/30/2016 8:07:15 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Nifster

It doesn’t matter what the Proles want. All that matters is what the 1% wants.


6 posted on 04/30/2016 8:17:28 AM PDT by PAR35
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