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She has to be a pawn in some larger game that intends to subvert water rights. Bills don't come into the state legislature over one organic farmer's attempt to
by gills 17y ago
She has to be a pawn in some larger game that intends to subvert water rights. Bills don't come into the state legislature over one organic farmer's attempt to capture rain water. This reads like a slimy PR piece to stoke "grassroots" support for overturning water rights.
- knowtheory 17y agoEven if this were a piece in a larger debate, the stance the courts have taken is highly counter-intuitive (although granted it's not represented in this post), and completely opaque to me. I can understand the concern to preserve the water rights of the most senior people (okay, that's a lie, i think it's stupid, but i'll capitulate to the court's desire to preserve the system). But i just don't understand how this is either a slippery slope (oh! a pun!) to loss of water rights/usage, or how this could possibly materially effect other water usage. So... yeah, i'm skeptical about the court's position.
- chaostheory 17y agoHow is this a "slimy PR" piece?