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Letter to Rep.
Garrard about the phone survey and Herald & New's article
Dear Rep. Garrard,
As a farmer and landowner in the Klamath Project,
whose family farm has been in continuous operation for
one-hundred years, I feel you, Sen. Whitsett and the Oregon
Republican caucus is doing a disservice to the farmers,
ranchers, small communities and businesses of the Klamath
Project. The phone survey and subsequent article that was
printed in the Herald and News was skillfully crafted to get the
answers that are desired by the people against the Klamath Basin
Settlement Agreement. The first question should have read, "Do
you favor dam removal if it means a more reliable supply of
irrigation water for the Klamath Project?" It is obvious by
this article and previous statements that you, Sen. Whitsett,
and the Oregon Republican Cacus are representing the interest of
a few landowners in the upper basin, and some county residents
that still harbor resentment toward the Klamath Tribe.
What you, Sen. Whitsett, and the Oregon Republican
Caucus cannot seem to understand that dam removal was being
negotiated because of the FERC re-license process. The
settlement was added to the process to see if the irrigators
could get a reliable amount of water for irrigation. What no
one wants to acknowledge is that dam removal was going to be
negotiated whether there were settlement negotiations or not.
Since you, Sen. Whitsett, and the Oregon Republican
caucus oppose the KBRA, I must infer that all of you are writing
off and abandoning the farmers, ranchers, towns and businesses
of the Klamath Project. What ideas do you, Sen. Whitsett and
the Oregon Republican caucus have to solve this problem? If all
of you have some ideas lets hear them! It is easy to be against
something, but requires work to solve something. Status-quo is
not a viable option for the Klamath Project. That guarantees
another repeat of 2001 and the failure of more farms, ranches,
and local businesses.
I am a fourth generation land owner and farmer in the
Klamath Basin. I have also been a member and supporter of the
republican party for three and one half decades. Because of
your, Sen. Whitsett's, and the party's failure to engage in all
of the facts of the Klamath Basin water problem, what the KBRA
really says and does and being purveyors of false or slanted
information, I am changing my party affiliation and will no
longer support the Republican party.
Thank You for your time,
David Cacka