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OCWD – $240 million water budget passed at ‘WORST PUBLIC MEETING EVER’
Posted on May 27, 2018 | 2 CommentsJohn Earl looks at this very unaccountable and wasteful Water Board. -
Should OC’s North Basin be declared a Superfund Site?
Posted on May 16, 2018 | 42 CommentsThis seems important... -
Water Rate Increase: Or Can OCWD actually self-Liposuck?
Posted on April 20, 2018 | 17 CommentsWell? Help us with alternatives to the hinky water board raising your rates! -
$1 Billion Subsidized Desal Plant pushed by Water Board that ignores Cheaper Alternatives.
Posted on March 1, 2018 | 1 CommentWhile Sheldon napped, the Board declined to study any cheaper, better alternatives. -
OCWD blocks study of alternatives to Poseidon, misleading State Lands Commission.
Posted on February 19, 2018 | 4 CommentsYes, that's Denis Bilodeau who should know better, pretending the water board has looked at alternatives to the billion dollar boondoggle. -
OCWD tonite: Replenish the Aquifer with the winter’s fabulous snows!
Posted on April 19, 2017 | 2 Comments. . . This call to action comes from R4RD, which is short for the great Huntington Beach activist group “Residents For Responsible Desalination,” a name which admittedly has always […] -
Fullerton Reaches its Day of Decision on Poseidon.
Posted on January 17, 2017 | 22 Comments. . . Yes, the Orange County Water District (OCWD) has many other important issues that it deals with besides just opening the door to the Poseidon boondoggle: for example, of particular concern […] -
Sign This Please: The OC Water District Needs to Livestream its Damn Meetings!
Posted on August 27, 2016 | 9 Comments. . . Short Version: Sign. Isn’t it interesting, and highly worthy of contemplation, that the members (directors, technically) of the Orange County Water District (OCWD) who consistently vote in […] -
Weekend Open Thread: Takin’ the Stuff from the Homeless, Citizen Diana, and more!
Posted on April 1, 2016 | 7 Comments.. . . Anaheim homeless activist Roussan Joshua Collins, himself homeless by choice, documents yet another property seizure of a harmless homeless woman in that heartless town. These days the […] -
Watch Poseidon Joke over proposed Property Tax Increase to finance their “privately funded” Desal project.
Posted on July 12, 2015 | 11 Comments‘ ‘ ‘ by John Earl, crossposted from Surf City Voice. Orange County taxpayers may have to pay a lot more for a $1 billion Huntington Beach ocean desalination plant […] -
OCWD chairwoman Cathy Green falsely carries Poseidon water to Coastal Commission.
Posted on June 25, 2015 | 3 Comments. . . by John Earl, from Surf City Voice Sometimes a person wants something so badly that he or she starts to believe it’s real… or maybe it actually […] -
Poseidon Desal: Will OCWD be Shipwrecked by Mermaids?
Posted on June 10, 2015 | 40 Comments. . . by John Earl, cross-posted from Surf City Voice. Centuries ago, explorers sailed Poseidon’s Seven Seas looking for beautiful mermaids and lands full of golden treasures. Although some […]