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BEE EDITOR JUDY SLY POLITICAL NETWORK TO MEET
Fri, 2012-05-18 10:19

The annual "Sly Political Network" workshop will meet at 9:00 Saturday morning at the Salida Library, 4835 Sisk Road.  Other meeting places have been the conference room of the Modesto Bee, the Chamber of Commerce and the Modesto Library.  All candidates for office are invited and it is free. 

A Voice in the Wilderness?
Wed, 2012-05-16 10:26

Perhaps I am just contrary by nature, but something in the proposed MID water sale debate just strikes me as way off. Monetizing water in an area where supplies are limited is a recipe for disaster. Traditionally, the cost to capture, store, treat and distribute water was the base by which a price was set for water.

In lean years these costs may rise because it simply cost more to go outside a district to purchase surplus water based on the donors overhead. I would say most people got it, they understood that water was NOT like any other commodity, there are NO substitutes or alternatives to water. Either you have it or you die, period.  

Prop 218 is an example of limiting the cost of water to actual costs and preventing local governments from overcharging to bolstering their balance sheet.  Put another way, this law limits a governments’ ability to extort money for a necessity.

Move to today. The debate over a proposed sale of MID water seems to have parties on both sides arguing over price. In my opinion this is nothing but folly and blinding otherwise well intentioned people to the debacle that awaits them in the future.

Powers within this state know full well what monetizing water will do, it will bring them wealth and power.  These “powers” maybe individuals or governments but the intent is clear. Local utilities and municipalities see only dollar signs and a way out of the financial abyss they have created without ever having to account for their failures. 

IT`S TIME THE BEE PUBLISH THE TRUTH ON WATER SALE
Mon, 2012-05-14 01:44

 LUNCH WITH THE MAYOR AT NOON

CLICK THE LINK ABOVE TO GO TO THE LIVE STREAM OF THE SHOW

 

From May 14th -19th John Duarte and Reed Smith, along with other experts will be featured on the Lunch with the Mayor program at 12

Telephone lines will be open at 846-1814 and the Chat Room will be open all week.

 

 

You will know

By former Mayor Carmen Sabatino 

It's time the Bee publish the truth on the water sale. We will let you know what Johnston, Kieta, and Sly do not know about water.

In a Sunday editorial Modesto Bee editors Eric Johnston, Joseph Kieta, and Judy Sly have given us their view of the MID water sale to San Francisco.  Their advice to sell is based on false, misleading, and absent information to protect and defend Modesto Irrigation Directors who desire to sell our water asset to pay for their mismanagement of MID finances.

The editorial pretends to present a reasonable and balanced article. Assumptions are made that

 

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  • BEE EDITOR JUDY SLY POLITICAL NETWORK TO MEET
    Fri, 2012-05-18 10:19
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    Wed, 2012-05-16 10:26
  • IT`S TIME THE BEE PUBLISH THE TRUTH ON WATER SALE
    Mon, 2012-05-14 01:44
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