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MID water transfer

Underdogs Celebrate Defeat of MID Water Sale

September 24, 2012 By Eric Caine Leave a Comment

  Only a few years ago, he was mugged and left for dead by the Powers that Bee, but Sunday night former Modesto Mayor Carmen Sabatino was back in his element as he hosted a victory celebration for the many players who somehow managed the defeat of the Modesto Irrigation District (MID) water sale to San Francisco. “We’re not spiking the football and we’re not dancing in the end zone,” […]

Filed Under: Featured, History Tagged With: Carmen Sabatino, John Duarte, John Duarte MID water sale, Larry Byrd MID Director, MID water sale, MID water transfer

Bee Fails on Water story, Blames MID

September 22, 2012 By Eric Caine 5 Comments

  Every once in a while the curtain lifts just enough to reveal exactly what today’s Modesto Bee is really all about. That’s what happened in its September 19 editorial, when the Bee tried to tiptoe away from its role in the Modesto Irrigation District (MID) water sale fiasco.In what has become typical Bee fashion, the only game in town tried to blame the MID for the controversy and rancor […]

Filed Under: Featured, History Tagged With: Bee water sale story, MID water sale, MID water transfer, Raker Act

How the Modesto Irrigation District Lost Trust and Credibility

September 14, 2012 By Eric Caine Leave a Comment

  “I’m not going to give them one damned drop,” said Modesto Irrigation District (MID) Director Paul Warda in October of 2010.Warda’s defiant comment came in response to news that the State Water Resources Control Board had determined that in order to insure the survival of native salmon, there could be a 40 percent reduction in the amount of water farmers and urban residents take from the Merced, Tuolumne and […]

Filed Under: Featured, History Tagged With: MID water sale, MID water transfer, Modesto water transfer to San Francisco

Read the Letter the Bee and the MID Don’t Want You to See

September 6, 2012 By Eric Caine Leave a Comment

  Monday, we broke news that over a month ago the Stanislaus County Farm Bureau (SCFB) sent a letter to the Modesto Irrigation District Board of Directors (MID) informing them of the Farm Bureau’s position that the proposed sale of water to San Francisco is illegal. Apparently, the Modesto Bee received a copy of the letter about the same time it was sent, yet has published nothing about it, despite, […]

Filed Under: Featured, History Tagged With: MID water sale, MID water transfer, Stanislaus County Farm Bureau

Farm Bureau Says Water Sale Illegal But Bee Won't Tell the People

September 4, 2012 By Eric Caine 2 Comments

  July 31, the Stanislaus County Farm Bureau (SCFB) sent a letter to the Modesto Irrigation District (MID). Some ten pages in length, the letter voices strong objections to the proposed MID sale to San Francisco, and questions not only the MID’s legal authority to make the sale but also whether the MID actually has surplus water to sell. In strong language, the Farm Bureau argues that, “MID has not […]

Filed Under: Featured, Politics Tagged With: MID water sale, MID water transfer

MID Water Sale—Amnesia or Worse?

September 1, 2012 By Eric Caine 1 Comment

  Back in 2010, the State Water Resources Board released a study that said survival for salmon and the San Joaquin Delta depended on far greater flows from the local rivers, including the San Joaquin, Tuolumne, Stanislaus, and Merced Rivers.“ Apoplectic” doesn’t begin to describe the reaction from local water districts. Jeff Barton, assistant general manager for engineering and water resources at the Turlock Irrigation District said, “It would be […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured Tagged With: MID water sale, MID water transfer, salmon fisheries

Senator Feinstein: Just dropping by? It’s the water, stupid!

August 19, 2012 By Eric Caine 2 Comments

  Woody Allen has said, “Paranoia is knowing all the facts,” and the more one knows about the Modesto Irrigation District (MID) water sale to San Francisco, the more likely one is to suffer severe attacks of paranoid dementia. Back in March, we alerted readers to one of the compelling factors behind the water sale—proposed legislation by California Senator Dianne Feinstein that would make water transfers less subject to government […]

Filed Under: Featured, Politics Tagged With: Dianne Feinstein in Modesto, MID water sale, MID water sale to San Francisco, MID water transfer

Are Bee Editors and MID Directors Equally Clueless About Future Water Supplies?

July 25, 2012 By Eric Caine 5 Comments

  Sunday, July 22, the Modesto Bee’s big story was on the declining use of irrigation water by local farmers. The story was accompanied by a large photograph of Don Pedro Reservoir, full almost to the point of overflowing. Most of the story seemed to support the Modesto Irrigation District’s (MID) water sale by assuring Bee readers that the District has plenty of water. As is often the case in […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured Tagged With: MID water sale, MID water transfer, SFPUC water transfer, Tuolumne River

Social Media and the MID Water Sale

May 20, 2012 By Eric Caine Leave a Comment

It certainly wasn’t the first time the Modesto Bee was late to the party, but it may be the first time so many Valley citizens realized it so clearly. By the time of the Bee’s editorial endorsement of the Modesto Irrigation District (MID) proposed water sale, Valley insiders were far better informed than the Bee itself. They had gotten their news from a new wave of social media that has […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: MID water sale, MID water transfer, Modesto Irrigation District sale to San Francisco

Valley Leaders and Media AWOL on MID Water Sale

April 22, 2012 By Eric Caine 1 Comment

The more you look at the proposed Modesto Irrigation District (MID) water sale to San Francisco, the more apparent it becomes that MID manager Allen Short and his allies on the Board of Directors are engaging in a dangerous game of sleight of hand. The fundamental premise of the sale—that MID has water to sell—is so patently false as to make one wonder why the MID has dared voice it. […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: MID water transfer, Modesto Irrigation District Tuolumne River, Modesto Irrigation District Water Sale, Tuolumne River, Tuolumne River water sale

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