The flood danger from the Oroville Dam receded Monday, but California was hit by a wave of criticism for failing to heed warnings about risks to the spillway at a time when the state spent generously on illegal immigrants and high-speed rail.
California Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, came under fire amid reports that federal and state officials for years rebuffed or ignored calls to fortify the massive 50-year-old dam, which provides water to more than 20 million farmers and residential consumers.
“What’s Governor Brown doing?” former state Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, a Republican, asked in a Monday post on Facebook. “The same thing he’s been doing for decades — obstructing progress.”
A radio talk show host, Mr. Donnelly said California “has been so busy defying President Donald Trump in order to protect illegal aliens from deportation that it forgot to do the things government is supposed to do, like maintain infrastructure. Governor Brown is now going hat-in-hand to beg the Trump administration for emergency funds.”
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A simple matter to understand; spending money on illegal immigrants and high-speed rail gets you favorable press in the MSM and favorable praise from all the usual suspects, but more importantly it gets you votes. Votes keep you in power. Dams are boring and dull. Boring and dull things don't get you votes. You can not signal to others how trendy virtuous and PC you are by talking about dams. Nor are politicians know for into the future further than their next re-election. May California get exactly and in full measure every thing they deserve!
ReplyDeleteMay California get exactly and in full measure every thing they deserve!
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Somehow the Republicans/conservatives/white people/Christians/capitalists/NRA are to blame.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't need to even make sense. Just find a blame guy, carry on.
It doesn't need to even make sense. Just find a blame guy, carry on.
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