California water follies
Imagine we build a 500-mile canal through the heart of California and design powerful pumps to lift the water over a couple of mountain ranges at enormous expense.
This project is intended to deliver water to agriculture and to Southern California families. But when the project is finished, a group of people say a small fish is in danger of extinction. So this huge project is almost shut down over a fish, and water is rationed to farms and families.
Folks, if this makes sense to you then support this insanity. However, it makes no sense to me!
John Rainey, Lemoore
This story was originally published March 20, 2016 at 7:45 AM with the headline "California water follies."