Water bond makes waves (Critics say the Nov. 5 initiative favors S. California interests & projects)

Sacramento Bee ^ | 14 June 2002 | Lesli A. Maxwell

[CounterCounterCulture]

A little-known $3.46 billion bond measure to buy coastal lands and improve water quality has landed on the statewide ballot for November amid criticism that it is skewed toward environmental priorities and projects in Southern California.

The initiative -- called the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Act of 2002 by its proponents -- was drafted principally by Joe Caves, an environmental lawyer and lobbyist in Sacramento, and is backed by the Nature Conservancy and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

[daviddennis]

We keep on piling up this debt, and we'll never see the light of day. Every year or two, we have a whole boatload of these things.

I don't want to see coastal land "preserved" - i.e. locked up forever. I still have dreams of building an ocean view house one day when I strike it rich, and if they buy up all the land, well, I won't be able to :-(.

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[Mo1]

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[Tacis]

We really needresearch to see how (not, "whether") each aspect of this bond issues enriches Blackout Davis, members of his family, friends or relatives and/or government advisors. The will also be a pay day for the democrap organization. Someone out there: connect the dots for us!