The volunteer Rainbow Municipal Water District Communications Committee desires to counter inaccurate statements made during and after a recent election that aimed to shape Ordinance 95-1.

Those inaccurate statements – made in emotion-based campaign materials and newspaper letters – questioned the need to comply with state and federal mandates that Rainbow cover its open reservoirs. The statements also questioned Rainbow’s acceptance of a $6.7 million loan/grant to do that legally-required work.

First, please recognize Rainbow must comply with CFR 141.714, which requires that treate...