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Here is a copy of part of a post on the CSPA site - below I posted the link. Arnold is really getting out of control!
Governor's panel, without public or legislative approval, urges breaking ground on peripheral canal in 2011
by Dan Bacher, editor of the FishSniffer
January 3, 2008 -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who played a villain in the Terminator and other action flicks during his movie career, started the New Year playing the role of the "Fish Terminator" villain Friday by releasing an environmentally devastating plan to break ground for the peripheral canal in 2011.
Schwarzenegger, realizing the opposition his plan faces in the State Legislature, plans to build the "dual conveyance" facility without the approval of the Legislature or the voters. The massive infrastructure project would feature a combination of through-Delta flows and outside of the Delta "peripheral" conveyance, supposedly to achieve the goals of "ecosystem restoration" and "reliable water supply" at the same time.
The Governor's hand-picked group of advisors, the Delta Vision Committee, released their implementation plan for the California Delta on January 2, missing the original deadline of December 31. The plan was released at 4:55 p.m. in the classic example of the "Friday night dump," where controversial plans and documents are released by government agencies to avoid full scrutiny by reporters and the public, preferably at the end of a long holiday weekend.
"There is no time to waste and we must accelerate implementation of near-term fundamental actions," the plan states, in an attempt to convey a sense of urgency. "Additional delay will only compound the risk to the state and its citizens."
Here is the link
http://www.calsport.org/1-3-09.htm
Jim
Governor's panel, without public or legislative approval, urges breaking ground on peripheral canal in 2011
by Dan Bacher, editor of the FishSniffer
January 3, 2008 -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who played a villain in the Terminator and other action flicks during his movie career, started the New Year playing the role of the "Fish Terminator" villain Friday by releasing an environmentally devastating plan to break ground for the peripheral canal in 2011.
Schwarzenegger, realizing the opposition his plan faces in the State Legislature, plans to build the "dual conveyance" facility without the approval of the Legislature or the voters. The massive infrastructure project would feature a combination of through-Delta flows and outside of the Delta "peripheral" conveyance, supposedly to achieve the goals of "ecosystem restoration" and "reliable water supply" at the same time.
The Governor's hand-picked group of advisors, the Delta Vision Committee, released their implementation plan for the California Delta on January 2, missing the original deadline of December 31. The plan was released at 4:55 p.m. in the classic example of the "Friday night dump," where controversial plans and documents are released by government agencies to avoid full scrutiny by reporters and the public, preferably at the end of a long holiday weekend.
"There is no time to waste and we must accelerate implementation of near-term fundamental actions," the plan states, in an attempt to convey a sense of urgency. "Additional delay will only compound the risk to the state and its citizens."
Here is the link
http://www.calsport.org/1-3-09.htm
Jim