They might just as well stop buying toilet paper for state prisons and instead hand out $10 bills for asswipe
by Bob Walsh
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted on Tuesday to fund most of the cost of stealing massive amounts of water from Northern California so that the greedy, self-important bastards who insist on living in a desert can have nice lawns and manicured golf courses.
The Twin-Tunnels Project, Jerry Brown's #2 legacy after his toy train, is not yet assured of being built. It will, however, now be funded if it manages to proceed. There are still reams of permits needed and no doubt years of legal challenges ahead.
The original funding plan went south when the major agricultural water districts in the San Joaquin Valley refused to buy in. Jerry hoped they would pick up at least half of the expected $17 billion dollar tab. At that time Governor Moonbeam suggested cutting back the twin bore 35 mile tunnel to only a single tunnel, so they could only steal half as much water from the Delta.
The project, laughingly known as California WaterFix (meaning the fix is in I guess) will possibly continue to straggle along under inertia for years, in much the same way as Jerry's toy train, AKA High-Speed Rail. They are both incredible money pits. They might just as well stop buying toilet paper for state prisons and instead hand out $10 bills for asswipe. It would be money better spent.
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