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As the Central Valley of California Dries, Follow the Money.

September 28, 2009 on 5:46 am | In National Political | No Comments

It is unbelievable that the two US Senators from California stood against efforts in the Senate to restore water to Central California. But, then so many in California have now become complicit in the actions that have left the nations most fertile farmland a desert and tens of thousands of people without jobs and livelihoods.

I have to ask myself, “Why? Are these powerful Californians so devoted to the Delta Smelt? (even though it has an indigenous home elsewhere) Are these people so dedicated to environmentalism that they would let so many thousands suffer and the state’s agricultural economy be decimated? My answer to all of these questions, “No. Probably Not.”

It is much more likely that there is a money trail and we’ll get our answers if we can follow it.

What will happen to this very valuable land? Will desperate farmers sell it to corporations? How many hands will be in those corporate tills? Will the nuts and fruits that were lost now be provided by foreign suppliers? How many pockets will be filled then?

Don’t follow the smelt. Follow the money.-Kip Murphy