Mike Wade, Executive Director, California Farm Water Coalition, Sacramento The cult of Trump Rather than point fingers, it would be more productive for everyone to unite in pushing Congress to fund water infrastructure in federal legislation. Had we been able to capture and store more of that water, we could have mitigated the devastating consequences now facing us.īut even with more storage, if we don’t fix our aging and deteriorating water infrastructure, that water can’t be delivered to Californian’s spigots. Eighteen trillion gallons of rain fell in California in February 2019. We are simply not storing enough of the water coming down as precipitation. The real point is that there are things we can do to keep us from constantly ending up in this same position. And we seriously have no idea what a “modest reduction” from 0% of a normal farm water allocation even means. McManus’s 5-23-21 opinion piece, every single Californian is feeling the pain of another drought. William “Bill” Ruttan, Palm Springs Fixes, not finger-pointing Modern technologies, such as laser light displays, and flights of illuminated drones, can still provide a thrilling and inspiring show. We simply seek to do so in a way that does not harm veterans, pets and wildlife, or the environment. No one is against celebrating our nation’s Independence Day. While I do not have PTSD, I certainly would not like to relive the experience. Voters who will have fewer polls at which to vote, fewer drop boxes in which to leave their ballots, unfettered interference from “opposition party poll watchers” who may challenge their votes without proof of any improprieties, and who will be deprived them of food an water while waiting for hours in very long lines for hours to vote, are going to have their voting rights abridged and their voting rights reduced.Įxplosions can also be a 'trigger' for veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. As an Army veteran, I remember being subjected to mortar attacks while serving in Viet Nam. Laws being passed in Republican-controlled states that have lost their majorities in order to “steal” elections and insure Republicans retain control violate the 14th Amendment to the U.S. It defines “privilege” as a right or peculiar benefit, advantage or favor, such as a right or immunity attached specifically to an a position or an office. Webster's 11th Edition defines “abridge” as (a) to deprive, (b) reduce in scope. “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens…” Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, after first providing that all persons born or naturalized in the US are citizens of the state where they reside, then provides:

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