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Lawmakers
keep quiet on settlement
Will
not comment until document is released
By
TY BEAVER
H&N
Staff Writer
State
lawmakers decline further comment on water settlement. State Reps.
Bill Garrard and George Gilman said Mondaythey wouldn’t comment on a
pending water settlement due to be released any day.
Garrard, R-Klamath Falls and Gillman, R-Medford were in town hall
meeting with State Senator Doug Whitsett when Whitsett told the crowd
that the proposed deal was not a good thing for the Klamath Basin.
He had not seen the document, and on Monday said he didn't want to
elaborate on his comments
Stakeholders spent two-and-a half years refining a settlement agreement
about water allocation, power and other contentious issues. All involved
signed a confidentiality agreement.
Regarding
his Saturday statements, Whitsett said a voter asked about the
settlement, and he answered the question by saying that, to his
knowledge, the proposed settlement did not contain any provisions for
new water storage in the Basin and it would cost $1 billion over a
10-year period to implement.
Expertise
Gilman
said Monday he wasn’t willing to comment on the settlement itself or
Whitsett’s comments. He did say the senator often deals with
water issues in the Legislature and has the expertise to speak on them.
“Doug takes on water issues and handles them very well,”
Gilman said.
Garrard said he’d reserve opinion until the document was released.
“Right
now all you can do is react to hearsay,” he said.
U.S. senator
to visit Klamath Falls
U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., will be in
The lawmaker helped secure funds for the renewable
energy plant, bringing in $1 million for the project in 2007, $500,000
in 2006, and $300,000 in 2005. When completed, the plant will provide
all of OIT’s heating and electrical needs, said Smith’s spokeswoman,
Lindsay Jackson Gilbride. After the tour, Smith will take part in a
roundtable discussion on the facility’s future and on renewable energy
in the Basin.
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