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Whitsett promotes warfare over water
State Sen. Doug Whitsett and
state Rep. Bill Garrard didn’t ask the poll
question, “Are dams that do not store irrigation
water, do not divert irrigation water, and will not
supply affordable power for irrigation more
important than water for the Klamath Basin farms and
ranches?”
“Save the dams” is now a marketing tactic and distraction from Whitsett’s selfish advocacy for water rights adjudication delay, in favor of his water rights special interest group.
Garrard declares that the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement “trumps water adjudication,” an ignorant statement by a man who openly declares Whitsett to be his “water guru.”
Adjudication can be settled by either judge’s decision or settlement by contesting parties.
Settlements of water right claims speed up the adjudication process. The restoration agreement provides incentives for settlement.
Whitsett wants to discourage settlements to preserve the status quo of his “pay for delay” special interest that profits from adjudicated delay.
No, adjudication does not go away with the restoration agreement, it moves faster and more economically for both irrigators and taxpayers and that is the threat to Whitsett.
Whitsett is now promoting warfare between farmers and ranchers.
The division of communities is a diversionary tactic to protect his pet special interest.
Whitsett now advocates “division for defeat” within the local Republican Party. It’s ironic that Whitsett paid for an advertisement last fall to support the county charter initiative making commissioners nonpartisan. Partisanship is only a convenient tool for Whitsett to manipulate.
Our state legislators have no constructive and unifying plan to address the Klamath Basin water settlements. They only have deception, delay, and division to preserve their special interests.
Steve Kandra
Klamath Falls
“Save the dams” is now a marketing tactic and distraction from Whitsett’s selfish advocacy for water rights adjudication delay, in favor of his water rights special interest group.
Garrard declares that the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement “trumps water adjudication,” an ignorant statement by a man who openly declares Whitsett to be his “water guru.”
Adjudication can be settled by either judge’s decision or settlement by contesting parties.
Settlements of water right claims speed up the adjudication process. The restoration agreement provides incentives for settlement.
Whitsett wants to discourage settlements to preserve the status quo of his “pay for delay” special interest that profits from adjudicated delay.
No, adjudication does not go away with the restoration agreement, it moves faster and more economically for both irrigators and taxpayers and that is the threat to Whitsett.
Whitsett is now promoting warfare between farmers and ranchers.
The division of communities is a diversionary tactic to protect his pet special interest.
Whitsett now advocates “division for defeat” within the local Republican Party. It’s ironic that Whitsett paid for an advertisement last fall to support the county charter initiative making commissioners nonpartisan. Partisanship is only a convenient tool for Whitsett to manipulate.
Our state legislators have no constructive and unifying plan to address the Klamath Basin water settlements. They only have deception, delay, and division to preserve their special interests.
Steve Kandra
Klamath Falls
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