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With no skin in the game, Cox’s tenure is an abuse of the Valley
When TJ Cox works with those set to destroy our livelihoods, he is unaffected because it isn’t his way of life, livelihood, or home at stake.
October 11, 2020
Two years later, Trump caps sweeping action to reorient Calif. water
On Oct. 19, 2018, President Donald Trump issued a memorandum that would set off a two-year sprint to coordinate the complex Calif. water world
October 1, 2020
Amid Valley’s pursuit of water, this endorsement rings like fire alarm
From Valley water to forest management, the NRDC has a leading role in creating a tinderbox and they've picked Cox to light the match.
September 30, 2020
After delivering on Calif. water, Trump gets no respect from water execs
Trump delivered a master stroke on water. So why would the head of State Water Contractors publicly flip him the bird?
September 14, 2020
Newsom’s water plan previews a future Calif. that ignores history – at its peril
The Water Resilience Portfolio is a controlling mechanism to cover-up past agenda-driven failures and ensure zero accountability on many fronts.
August 5, 2020
Standing up to “schoolyard bully” Newsom is the only way
Coalinga City Councilman Adam Adkisson decries the "bullying power-trip" of the Newsom administration's threats on the city's coronavirus relief funds.
July 29, 2020
Facing needless obstruction from Newsom, Trump admin. focused on improving water supply for all Californians
Newsom "would rather jeopardize the state’s water supplies than work closely with the Trump administration," the U.S. Interior Department's Solicitor writes.
July 23, 2020
Lee Brand got it right by killing parks tax. Coronavirus proved it.
Brand has never been one for ball-spiking. But on defeating the financial quagmire of Fresno's failed parks tax, Measure P, he should have been.
July 1, 2020
Damming up water progress throws Calif.’s future into limbo
Very few people would have ever guessed we would need a massive effort to convince people that the ability to grow food is important.
June 29, 2020
How the Friant Water Authority recaptured control of its destiny to fix the Friant-Kern Canal
The Friant Water Authority has brought good, old fashioned taking of responsibility back into vogue with its approach to fixing the Friant-Kern Canal.
June 23, 2020