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Growth promoted at expense of water

Our leaders preach “no new taxes” at the same time they have us subsidizing growth.

Much of the water derived from our conservation and cutbacks goes to new development, and we all share in the cost of buying additional water for growth through increased water rates. But, they don’t call this a tax.

To their credit, the Water Authority is studying the feasibility of requiring new development to pay for their own water. A report on this is due sometime in April.

Agriculture is the biggest loser from water shortages because of cutbacks and escalating costs of water. Its decline is a form of subsidizing growth at the expense of growers.

Some counter saying it is unrealistic to farm in the “desert,” yet in this same “desert” growth is defended like it is some sort of mandate.

To promote growth, Supervisors recently reduced some of the fee charged to developers for additional traffic impacts because “they subtracted out improvements the county would do itself.”

Guess who the “county” is – and watch for the decrease in traffic congestion. But, no new taxes.

Glen Carroll

 

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