[Vision2020] Water Concern?

[Joe Campbell]

Jeff,

My post was a direct cut-and-paste from the article, including the 
last line stating that the candidates were supported by the GMA. I 
didn’t add anything; it was a clip from a NEWS article.

The point was that the three GMA candidates do not seem to be well 
informed when it comes to water issues. I don’t see how asking that 
candidates be informed about important issues like WATER is using a 
political “tactic” or intended to foster “fear, intimidation, 
heckling and smearing.” I just quoted them. Their lack of knowledge 
about the local water issues, the fact that they couldn’t find 
anything more intelligent to say about it during a DEBATE is not my 
fault; it is their fault.

I agree with you that we should let scientists do the talking but if 
you can find one local scientist that will back up the views 
expressed by the GMA candidates, I’ll buy you lunch. There is a 
universal consensus that we’re running out of water and the only 
issue of debate is how long before we run dry. MCA candidates and 
Holmes are aware of this; the GMA candidates are not.

Krauss claimed that “we don’t have a water emergency.” No local 
scientist that I know is willing to state that. At best we just 
don’t know how much water we have. Unfortunately, ignorance is
not always bliss. Carscallen just mimics the same 
set of lies that you put forth, pretending that a genuine problem is 
something made up in order to prevent development. Steed’s comment 
is indicative of the ‘head-in-the-sand’ attitude noted above.

The difference between us is not the lie that you’re spreading: you 
are pro-growth and I am anti-growth. The difference is that I am for 
planned sustainable development and you and your GMA friends are for 
growth-at-any-cost. You want to develop first and then hope that the 
problem isn’t as bad as Mark says that it is. I want to get the 
problem taken care of first, or at least understand how bad the 
problem is, and then plan growth that is consistent with available 
resources. ‘Plan first, grow later’ as opposed to ‘grow and hope for 
the best,’ which will certainly fill the pockets of the GMA board 
but might not do much for the rest of us.

All the best, Joe

---- Jeff Harkins <jeffh at moscow.com> wrote: 

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and your point is .....................

At 11:51 AM 10/18/2007, you wrote:
> >From the Johnson article noted above:
>
>"I think it's been used as a way to stop growth in our town and I 
>don't think that's a great idea," Carscallen said of the water issue.
>
>"We don't have a water emergency. I think most of us can agree to 
>that," said Krauss. "We could have, at the least, 200 years of water 
>left. ... But right now, folks, I'm just really tired of seeing all 
>our yards just burned up, including the cemetery."
>
>"I know that there are people who believe that we should be 
>showering with 5-gallon buckets, to flush our toilets with when we 
>get through," said Steed. "And I really don't want to live that way."
>
>Carscallen, Krauss and Ste! ed are all endorsed by the GMA.
>
>--
>Joe Campbell
>
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