2. By withholding water thus rendering the land unproductive income for the present landowners are reduced or eliminated;
3. Taxes and expenses will not be reduced or abated;
4. With reduced or eliminated income the landowners will be faced with ever accumulating taxes and fees that they are unable to pay:
5. An inability to pay taxes and fees will result in liens, seizures and forced sales at greatly reduced prices; 6. The politician's favorites will buy the properties at low fire sale prices;
7. Bingo! New owners.
8. The primary question being WHO will be the new owners? Mexican interests? People whose name we may not mention? Chinese? Hindu's?
Absolutely correct. Does anyone think the godless liberal/progressive/socialist democrats, aka communist/fascist totalitarians really care about the smelt? Or the spotted owl? Or the shrimp or frogs? Or the gays? Or the blacks? Or the illegals? Or the planet?
Communist/fascist totalitarians care about one thing only. POWER!
The democrat workers and voters and people who may actually care about some of these things are simply useful idiots. Tools and fools. Right up to and including Obama.