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"Stockton, CA - Sunday, June 28, 2009 -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is in Fresno today to attend a meeting and listen to the economic woes of the south Valley. Newspapers and airways are awash with accusations that a three-inch fish has caused a man-made drought in California and that environmentalists and fishermen seek to "starve people in order to save whales." Congressmen, farmers and water agencies claim that 450,000 or more acres of land have been fallowed and 35-50,000 people have been put out of work: all because of Delta smelt and the Endangered Species Act. But, facts are stubborn things. And the facts tell us that these accusations are lies - bald-face lies.
"We hope Secretary Salazar will seek out the facts and see through the transparent efforts by Governor Schwarzenegger, Valley elected officials and the hydrologic brotherhood to use the red-herring of economic recession as justification for depriving the Delta of essential water," said CSPA Executive Director Bill Jennings. "Their efforts can only be successful if the Secretary, reporters and the general public ignore the facts," he said, adding, 'The truth is more water won't wash away the Valley's recession and endangered species are the victims, not the problem.'"
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"Stockton, CA - Sunday, June 28, 2009 -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is in Fresno today to attend a meeting and listen to the economic woes of the south Valley. Newspapers and airways are awash with accusations that a three-inch fish has caused a man-made drought in California and that environmentalists and fishermen seek to "starve people in order to save whales." Congressmen, farmers and water agencies claim that 450,000 or more acres of land have been fallowed and 35-50,000 people have been put out of work: all because of Delta smelt and the Endangered Species Act. But, facts are stubborn things. And the facts tell us that these accusations are lies - bald-face lies.
"We hope Secretary Salazar will seek out the facts and see through the transparent efforts by Governor Schwarzenegger, Valley elected officials and the hydrologic brotherhood to use the red-herring of economic recession as justification for depriving the Delta of essential water," said CSPA Executive Director Bill Jennings. "Their efforts can only be successful if the Secretary, reporters and the general public ignore the facts," he said, adding, 'The truth is more water won't wash away the Valley's recession and endangered species are the victims, not the problem.'"
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