https://calwatchdog.com/2014/01/22/boehner-crosses-rubicon-in-ca-drought-war/ Fri, 24 Jan 2014 08:23:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://calwatchdog.com/2014/01/22/boehner-crosses-rubicon-in-ca-drought-war/#comment-67382 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 08:23:39 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=58074#comment-67382 If a farmer wants Federal water in California they are limited to owning 160 acres of land. 90% of farms are owned by families or family partnerships. The large corporate farms also pay a disproportionate amount of the cost to pay back bonds on the Central Valley Project to the Federal government.

]]> https://calwatchdog.com/2014/01/22/boehner-crosses-rubicon-in-ca-drought-war/#comment-67381 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 08:20:23 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=58074#comment-67381 If a farmer wants Federal water in California they are limited to owning 160 acres of land. 90% of farms are owned by families or family partnerships. The large corporate

]]> https://calwatchdog.com/2014/01/22/boehner-crosses-rubicon-in-ca-drought-war/#comment-67271 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 17:45:30 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=58074#comment-67271 So it’s the fish versus the farmers eh? Hard to know which side to support. I like eating fish and as a child I was fond of “Old McDonald’s Farm”. On the other hand farmers are really just agribusiness, special interest subsidy grubbers and nothing smells worse than rancid fish. For me it’s a wash. One thing for sure, our water rates will hit the moon before this ugliness is done.

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