The newest California gold mine is the exploitation of Fallbrook’s ratepayers by Fallbrook Public Utility District’s (FPUD) GM Keith Lewinger. This water guru, together with US Representative Issa, is using House Resolution 29 to stick us, ratepayers, with a $60 million loan, or bond, for the Santa Margarita River Conjunctive Use Project (SMRCUP) located inside Camp Pendleton (North County Times, 9/20/08).

Lewinger is also busy establishing a tax-exempt organization of water gurus from Olivenhain, Otay, FPUD and another water district to become water wholesalers. FPUD ratepayers were s...