Cry Me A River

Seems the love & peace crowd in Ess Eff have been stickin' to the rest of us for the past 80 years or so.

Bush budget soaks S.F. for Hetch Hetchy
Rent would jump from $30,000 to $8 million a year

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a former San Francisco mayor, pledged to fight any increase. "It's a raid on San Francisco resources. To go from $30,000 a year to $8 million is just a raid on the city's coffers,'' she said.

Feinstein said she didn't think the Interior Department proposal, which calls for the rent-increase revenue to go to the National Park Service to help offset its costs in operating Yosemite, had anything to do with possible political retribution by a conservative administration against a notably liberal and Democratic city.

Of course, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi invokes class warfare:

"The administration hasn't explained to us what this $8 million is for. Is it to raise money to offset the deficit? If so, this is yet another example of the administration putting a bigger burden on local government to pay for tax cuts for the rich.''

But Rep. George Radanovich, R-Mariposa, whose district includes Yosemite, praised Bush's proposal.

"It's only fair that San Francisco pays to use the space in Yosemite that's taken by the Hetch Hetchy Dam and Reservoir," Radanovich said in a statement.

"The reservoir occupies a great deal of land in the park, and the funds generated by charging a fee for its use will help improve other parts of Yosemite," added the chairman of the House subcommittee on national parks.

Typical Effin' Limosine Liberals. What happened to everyone paying their fair share? This is so typical of California's corrupt water politics.

Wonder how much the corporate growers Heinz contracts for tomatoes in the Central Valley pay for their water?

Posted by feste at February 4, 2004 05:20 PM | TrackBack