San Francisco looted region's water system, diverted millions into city coffers...

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 9/15/02 | Chuck Finnie

[I_Love_My_Husband]

Copyright 2002 San Francisco Chronicle .

TODAY Bay Area water system in peril.

MONDAY Public power vision betrayed.

Over the past 20 years, San Francisco officials raided the city's vaunted Hetch Hetchy Water and Power system of hundreds of millions of dollars, leaving the Bay Area's largest water supply vulnerable to earthquake, drought and decay.

[SevenDaysInMay]

"Deferred maintenance" is the prime M.O. of socialist politicians' mismangement. (Remember the Clintons' succession of emergencies which created demands for increased taxes?) When a crisis surfaces, whether natural or politically created, low taxes are the root cause.

Adequate construction and maintenance of infrastructure has been a distant second to the vote buying social spending for 70 years. Trillion$ have been sqaundered.

Layers of governments' and their multitudes of quasi-governmental agencies' 50%+ take of the nations' GNP is inadequate?

[DManA]

As taxpayers have put the brakes on higher direct taxes, pols have turned more and more to user fees. And more and more are abusing user fees.

eg. The SEC collects 7X in fees from busines what it spends to enforce its rules. The rest goes directly to the Treasure.

There are gigantic scandals just waiting to be uncovered all around the country.

[timestax]

People should be fired pronto, ASAP, STAT!!

[NewHampshireDuo]

Today, San Francisco officials say they need $3.6 billion to put the Hetch Hetchy aqueduct back on a sound footing

That's about where Boston's Big Dig started.

[Liz]

......city officials.......used profits from Hetch Hetchy's hydropower electricity sales to bankroll city programs and salaries for everything from the Municipal Railway to health care for the needy...........

In corporate circles, this is commonly known as "cooking the books" and several corporate CEO's are going to jail for doing this.

[Lessismore]

California, the triumph of civil engineering over common sense.

[Bogey78O]

Fired?

That's what the elected scum will do to placate the populace. Then they'll hire new patsies to help fleece the city some more. It's what Clinton did.

The people who need to be dealt with are the ones who can't be fired.

[Grampa Dave]

Yep, the perverted maggots and Da Mayor have Enronned the books of San Francisco and endangered those who depend on the water from Hetch Hechy!

They do the same in businesses that they control and cities, counties, states and our country when they control them.

[timestax]

That's what the elected scum will do to placate the populace. Then they'll hire new patsies to help fleece the city some more. It's what Clinton did. The people who need to be dealt with are the ones who can't be fired. 27 posted on 9/15/02 9:57 AM Pacific by Bogey78O [

I know, I was just having a pipedream!!

[Carry_Okie]

How nice of the Chronicle not to mention the key distinction:

George Christopher (a RINO) was the last Republican mayor of San Francisco, retiring from office to run for governor against Ronald Reagan in 1968. From that time forward, San Francisco has been under continuous Democratic control starting with Jow Alioto.

[SierraWasp]

Oh my!!!

Grampa Dave!!! You use such colorful language!!! And you're so mean to the little liburals!!! And how can you denigrate little Willie Wonka and his chocolate factory?

Such wild castration of asspersians must be eliminated, lest you upset the Nanny Nazis of Napa and the Gay Area!!! (/sourchasm)

[Robert357]

But city officials have never declared the systems complete and merged. Thus city officials can declare the hydroelectric profits as surplus to that branch of the Hetch Hetchy system and then use the revenues for general city needs - even though the system's waterworks are in desperate need of repairs and improvements.

The city began diverting the hydropower revenues at least as early as the late 1960s. About $25 million in Hetch Hetchy funds went to fund Muni electrical maintenance work in the following decade, which spanned the mayoral administrations of Joseph Alioto, George Moscone and Dianne Feinstein.

Ah, I now understand the problem!

[Toidylop]

used profits from Hetch Hetchy's hydropower electricity sales to bankroll city programs and salaries for everything from the Municipal Railway to health care for the needy...

Well... just send in the money, The socialist gummint know what is best for ya.

We've been saying this for years. What surprise is where the Chronicle has been... Geez!!! like this one just certainly falls down from the sky.

[Carry_Okie]

LOL! See #30.

[tubebender]

Bond foes - In 2002, several groups, including the Sierra Club and Environmental Defense, oppose the water bond and call on San Francisco to study the feasibility of restoring Hetch Hetchy Valley to its natural state.

You got to love this...let them drink salt water.

[Grampa Dave]

For the maggots in San Francisco, let them drink salt water and eat soylent green.

They are more Club Sierra probably than Rat oriented/addicted.

Of course there are probably millions of innocents living outside of San Francisco that would suffer.

[Grampa Dave]

I came to Kali in 1971, and all I can remember is revolving door rats serving as mayor. With each term, the city slowly went downhill more.

[NormsRevenge]

BUMP Dat! With each term, the city slowly went downhill more.
If it's Brown, Flush it Down!!

DUMP DAVI$ & the Den of Socialists



GO SIMON

[randita]

This is such an underhanded, but also typical way that socialists, a.k.a. liberals redistribute wealth. They steal from profitable entities to fund social programs, i.e. buy votes, and force the profitable entity in disrepair and bankruptcy.

Then when circumstances become dire, they force a tax or fee increase on the middle class. What are the people going to do, vote down the increase and go without water or power?

I hope the city of SF votes down the Nov. bond issue and the city has to cut the budget to come up with $$$. Doubt that will happen, though.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Good grief!

Good clear water leads to slush funds?

My try at humor. LOL!

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