Obama' $3.5 saves immigrants not California farmers, while water is flushed to ocean.
Excerpt from Drudge Report:
"Environmental regulations aimed at protecting the endangered smelt and fish habitats upstate years ago curbed the flow of river water through the delta from Northern California south into the parched Central Valley. But when some of that excess water was allowed to run into the Pacific Ocean earlier this year, farmers who have struggled to survive were stunned — infuriated at the idea of even one drop of water being wasted as their crops shrivel and die.
Excerpt from Drudge Report:
"Environmental regulations aimed at protecting the endangered smelt and fish habitats upstate years ago curbed the flow of river water through the delta from Northern California south into the parched Central Valley. But when some of that excess water was allowed to run into the Pacific Ocean earlier this year, farmers who have struggled to survive were stunned — infuriated at the idea of even one drop of water being wasted as their crops shrivel and die.
“They are fighting to save an
endangered fish, but in the process, they are endangering us, the people
that grow the food that is on your dinner plate,” said Greg Wegis, a
citrus and nut farmer in Kern County. “How does that make any sense?”
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