[The Sons of Liberty]

Oroville Dam Update

If that dam was identified a dozen years ago as needing replacement, why has no one demanded that Gov Moonbeam repair it? Was it because he spent all the tax dollars on illegal aliens?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I don’t recall anybody arguing for it’s replacement. Environmentalists were expressing fear that the emergency spillway was nothing but a grassy hillside (not even deep-rooted vegetation) and would severely erode if it wears used. Their concern was the huge amount of silt and dirt that would be washed into the river harming fish. I don’t think they were concerned about possible complete failure of the spillway.

The dam experts I’ve read agree about a dirt spillway being a horrible design idea. One construction blogger rightly pointed out the the risk/cost decisions in any dam design. Concrete lining the emergency spillway would have been very expensive.

[henkster]

The Oroville dam is a classic example of what happens when a government becomes so large and bloated that the only thing it accomplishes is its continued existence and ceases to perform its actual function.

Here is a link to a very good summary of the California budget, and proof of how they spend gigantic sums money but accomplish nothing:

https://ballotpedia.org/California_state_budget_and_finances

The best part of the information is how Moonbeam's last budget had 1.5 Billion put into a "rainy day fund." Well Jerry, take a look out the window. It's raining.

[morphing libertarian]

Yes, billions of dollars a year.