If it touches me first, all bets are off.
You're absolutely right that California should adopt it statewide -- and should already have done so. And you're absolutely right…
If I were Fiona ma or Rob Bonta I’d be scared.
RCV should be adopted statewide so cities and counties don’t have to do it piecemeal. It saves money, discourages negative…
My advice to Mr. Moore, who seems like an eminently reasonable man is the same as I always give Vern.…
Great article on Ranked Choice Voting Josh! I wholeheartedly agree. I want more control with my vote. We only have…
Young Kim on broadcast tv going hard against Calvert and aligning herself closely with Trump. Might win her the primary…
Where's his labia neck?
This blog generally avoids Trump's day-to-day escalating madness. But this is just too good and too weird and stupid, all…
conservation Archive
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Endorsements pour in for Derek Tran, who’s speaking at Anaheim Dems May 2!
Posted on April 22, 2024 | No CommentsLeague of Conservation Voters! Unite Here! Let's beat Lie-Cheat-Steel! -
UPDATED! Memories of Newport’s Allan Beek, 1927-2024.
Posted on February 13, 2024 | 16 CommentsEulogy for a great American and a great maverick conservative Republican! -
RIP Kelly Rowe: a Water Board Director who Stood Out from the Herd.
Posted on January 27, 2024 | 2 CommentsRare honest water board member! -
Getting Hosed pt 3: You Can’t Change the Climate “with Dance, Libation or Prayer.”
Posted on July 24, 2023 | 2 CommentsBack at the roots of our unwise water policies, there was a wise critic - John Wesley Powell. -
Getting Hosed in search of SoCal’s Mythical Garden, pt 2: The Great Thirst.
Posted on July 4, 2023 | No CommentsThe first addition to California's natural water supply portfolio reminds us how it all got started. -
Gavin Newsom’s ‘Culture of Distrust’ revealed by his former Water Conservation Manager.
Posted on May 19, 2023 | 2 CommentsImportant interview by John Earl of SoCal Water Wars! -
Conner Everts: After the Winter’s Magnificent Snowpacks
Posted on April 26, 2023 | 1 Comment... greedy short-sighted water policy makers are likely to do all the wrong things again. -
“No water left to conserve!” and other profiteer myths debunked.
Posted on November 26, 2022 | 17 CommentsJohn Earl writes: Conservation means much more water for much less money if we treat it as a new source and get real about future demand. -
John Earl: The Ideological War Behind Poseidon.
Posted on August 6, 2017 | 8 Comments. . . by John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice. Underlying the long-running battles between proponents and opponents of the proposed Poseidon Resources ocean desalination plant is an ideological […] -
Mesa Water on Conservation: in Cuba, Maybe, but Not Here.
Posted on November 20, 2016 | 4 Comments. . . by John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice. To the five elected directors of the Mesa Water District, conservation is a Trojan horse, unleashing Cuban-style authoritarianism, drop […] -
Where the Water Went
Posted on May 7, 2015 | 12 CommentsWhy are Yorba Linda and Tustin such water hogs? -
Pat Bates Baits us with Bogus Doomsday Drought Scenario.
Posted on March 17, 2015 | 8 Comments. . . By Debbie Cook, cross-posted from Surf City Voice On March 11, the San Diego Union-Tribune posted an op-ed, “Desalination makes sense for Orange County,” “written” by Assemblywoman […] -
Poseidon runs headlong into “Infiltration Gallery.”
Posted on November 18, 2013 | 36 CommentsAs I stood about waiting for Wednesday’s marathon Coastal Commission hearing to begin, and beheld our nemesis, Poseidon VP Scott Maloni, stomping about scowling, I resolved to shake his hand. […]









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Yes, I know that's the impulse but you gotta know what the Guatemalan hill folk know: you get poisoned and…