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MID Falling Water Charge

Short and O’Laughlin Flee Rising Tide of Problems at MID

November 3, 2012 By Eric Caine 1 Comment

  Six months ago, no one could have guessed the Modesto Irrigation District’s (MID) General Manager and General Counsel would be leaving under a cloud formed by a cascade of Falling Water. Six months ago, no one would have predicted that a slow-talking cowboy from eastern Stanislaus County would take on Allen Short, Tim O’Laughlin, four MID Directors, and the Modesto Bee and prevail over them all. Newly-elected Director Larry […]

Filed Under: Featured, History Tagged With: MID Director Larry Byrd, MID Falling Water Charge, MID Manager Allen Short

Bee Scales New Heights of Hypocrisy

October 27, 2012 By Eric Caine 4 Comments

  Long-time readers of the Modesto Bee have known that for the last two decades, any time the Bee takes a position on an issue it also abandons objectivity and fair play. Thus, it was no surprise that when the Modesto Irrigation District’s (MID) proposed water sale to San Francisco was rejected, the Bee immediately began a campaign to get the sale back on the table. The means the Bee […]

Filed Under: Featured, History Tagged With: MID Falling Water Charge, MID water sale

MID Falling Water Charge: Subsidy or Slush Fund?

October 21, 2012 By Eric Caine 3 Comments

  According to Stanislaus County Supervisor Jim DeMartini, news that local farmers have been receiving subsidies amounting to $89 million over seventeen years was as big a surprise to farmers as to anyone else.“Ninety-nine out of a hundred farmers have never heard of the Falling Water Charge,” said DeMartini last Friday.The Falling Water Charge is the controversial fee (some would say “tax”) that the Modesto Irrigation District (MID) imposes on […]

Filed Under: Featured, History Tagged With: MID Falling Water Charge, Modesto Irrigation District Water Sale

Read the Memorandum That May Drown the MID in Falling Water

October 14, 2012 By Eric Caine 2 Comments

    The Valley Citizen has obtained an internal Modesto Irrigation District (MID) memorandum. Almost ten pages long, the memorandum provides legal analysis of possible consequences for the MID of Proposition 26. Proposition 26 was approved by California voters in 2010. Its purpose was to prohibit unjustified fees and costs imposed by entities that provide public services. In 1995, the MID added a “Falling Water Charge” to its bill for […]

Filed Under: Featured, History Tagged With: MID Falling Water Charge, MID Falling Water Memorandum

Is the MID Taxing Customers Illegally with the “Falling Water Charge”?

October 12, 2012 By Eric Caine 2 Comments

  Just when it looked like things couldn’t get any worse for the Modesto Irrigation District (MID), the heavens opened and delivered a world of trouble in falling water. In the arcane parlance of irrigation districts, “falling water” is water that falls from dams and spillways to provide electricity. Some districts impose on their customers a “Falling Water Charge.” The Falling Water Charge is an attempt to capture the value […]

Filed Under: Featured, History Tagged With: Falling Water Charge, MID Falling Water Charge, Modesto Irrigation District

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