[Vision2020] Sen Schroeder

[Garrett Clevenger]

As a farmer, it saddens me to know some think it's acceptable to use water and farmland to build an unneeded $100 million mega-mall, one designed to compete with Moscow. Thinking we'll be wasting water on the very symbol of why America is losing power, instead of using it to grow food, makes me understand why we just let the 21st century robber barons swindle our coffers with the the greatest and most costly scam ever.

You may think it's ok to let these same people profit from a crucial natural resource, but that does nothing to ensure water, and food, are affordable, safe, and readily accessible to us.

Perhaps in 2020 people will love Hawkins, but I have my suspicion economies are going to be radically changed, and priorities about what is important will lean more toward appreciation of conservation. Limiting use of water for commercial develop, to insure cheap water is available for everyone else, seems like wise planning to me...

Garrett Clevenger



Donovan Arnold writes Sun Feb 15 20:58:12 PST 2009:


You know, you people that think we should cut off the spigot to our neighbors and to other states that we depend upon for other reasons, does nothing, because the Federal Courts will not allow the State of Idaho deny other states in the Union water unless we can prove we would die if we shared it, or we are not being paid a fair price. 
 
You also know that Native Americans still own a lot of the water you are drinking in Idaho, and if Idaho can shut down Washington's water supply, Natives can certainly shut down yours too. So be careful what powers you wish local governments to have. 
 
Everyone has a right to water if it is available. When we make water less affordable, it is really the farmers and the poor, who are mostly children, elderly, and disabled, that suffer, not the asshole politicians that play games with natural resources. You didn't do anything to bring or produce the water in Idaho. So don't be telling others they are not entitled to have water. 
 
Best Regards,
 
Donovan