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<DIV><FONT size=4>Jeff writes:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3>"Let's agree not to argue
from fear-based positions, but to work towards developing our water resource to
meet our needs."</FONT><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Unless I have been a terribly stupid, mal-informed reader
which is entirely possible, what Mark (and Diane, Bill, et al) are saying
is:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=4>"...let's work toward developing our needs to
meet the water resource (to the best of our current knowledge)."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><BR>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<BR><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>----- Original Message -----
<DIV>From: "Jeff Harkins" <<A
href="mailto:jeffh@moscow.com">jeffh@moscow.com</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: <<A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 2:19 PM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Thirsty for a Wal-Mart?</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=3>> Mark,<BR>> <BR>> Thanks for
response and your point is <BR>> well-taken. But please concede that
Walmart <BR>> shoppers are members of the community as well - <BR>>
Walmart is an existing business and has been a <BR>> good member of our
community. What is the point <BR>> of disenfranchising them from their
share of the local water resource?<BR>> <BR>> As to the water resource,
there is some argument <BR>> as to whether the groundwater system is finite -
<BR>> and if it is, what the boundaries of "finite" <BR>> really
are. I do concede that the global supply <BR>> of water is finite -
there is not much we can do <BR>> with water except change its form (gas,
liguid, <BR>> solid). But we both know that available surface <BR>>
water far exceeds our current and long-term water needs.<BR>> <BR>> Let's
agree not to argue from fear-based <BR>> positions, but to work towards
developing our water resource to meet our needs.<BR></FONT>>
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