Posted by Congressman Doug LaMalfa at 12:00 am on Nov 02, 2009 Comments Off on Water Bond Package Looms
This week will see likely legislative action on water issues…the
cause being a good and needed one. But in the mosh pit of
legislative compromise, what will we get as the end result?
The voters will be asked to vote on a large bond of some sort,
should a proposal survive the legislative process and win the 2/3
vote needed in both houses.
It’s sort of an ideological slide rule as you move the bond
proposal slide to each side to find support that gets 2/3 of
legislators to agree. Move the slide too far to the right,
[money going mostly for building storage, dams, hard infrastructure
only] Dems drop off like flies.Slide it to
the left, [money mostly for ecosystem restoration as most previous
water bonds have done, removing dams on the Klamath,
acquiring more land, creating more commissions and morepower
for them over land and water use] and Republicans say ‘no
thanks’. Place it in the middle and it’s not effective at
doing anything, other than a dribble towards eco stuff as dam
projects require a large commitment.
How excited are the voters to approve a likely $9B + bond that
they aren’t sure produces… Read More