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Mar. 05, 2010
 NOTES ON A SKIRMISH [Emily Green] Goliath wasn’t really trying, didn’t really want to win and it never really was a contest. That’s the upshot of the response from the Southern Nevada Water Authority after a proposed amendment to do with its massive haul of water awards out of central Nevada failed to pass during the special se... More
Mar. 04, 2010
Water Grab Slapdown [George Knapp, Las Vegas Citylife] ...
The reaction from the water authority to the legislative bitch slap dished out in Carson City this week is downright hilarious. The authority put on a full-court press, had a huge team of lobbyists, twisted arms, issued threats, called in the casino lobbyists, unions and developers, all ... More
Mar. 01, 2010
Nevada Legislature rejects SNWA Fix in Special Session The Nevada Legislature ended its emergency budget special session just after 2 AM on March 1 and rejected the SNWA fix bill. Thanks to all who contacted their legislators with the message that this session was the wrong forum to try to make significant changes to the due process rights of citi... More
Feb. 24, 2010
THE SCREW TURNS: Emily Green, Chance of Rain NEVADA Governor Jim Gibbons has all but given back what late last month the state supreme court took away when today he released formal instruction to the state legislature to revise 2003 legislation “concerning the time in which the State Engineer must act upon a water rights application so th... More
Feb. 24, 2010
CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS TODAY. STOP THE SNWA FIX BILL. The Governor has caved in to the SNWA pressure campaign. The language of the special SNWA legislation is at the end of this message.
Your call or e-mail to legislators is more important than ever. Contact your legislators and the leaders of the Assembly and Senate.
PLEASE CALL YOUR LEGI... More
Feb. 19, 2010
ALERT: Legislature begins Tuesday, February 23: Keep SNWA's Water Bill Out The Governor and legislature are under intense pressure from the Southern Nevada Water Authority to force them to bailout SNWA's 1989 applications. Please, if you haven't already contacted the Governor and your legislator, don't hesitate. Get your friends and neighbors to call, too. See below f... More
Feb. 17, 2010
Alert: Stop the SNWA "Bailout Bill" ... The Governor and legislature are under intense pressure from the Southern Nevada Water Authority to force them to bailout SNWA's 1989 applications. Please, if you haven't already contacted the Governor and your legislator, don't hesitate. Get your friends and neighbors to call, too. See belo... More
Feb. 16, 2010
Governor declares a special session. Water Bill? It's not specifically mentioned, but ... after the specific list of 12 budget items, the proclamation goes on to say that the legislature shall consider solutions to "reduce government spending" and that the Governor can consider other business "as I may call" for during the session.
Here's the quote:
"D... More
Feb. 12, 2010
Alert: Stop SNWA's "water bill"; Preserve due process for Nevada Citizens Tell the Governor to keep water bills off the agenda of the Emergency Session of the NV Legislature.
SNWA has worked non-stop since the Nevada Supreme Court ruling to spin a crisis out of the ruling which affects water rights for their 300 mile long pipeline to rural Nevada and Utah.
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Feb. 11, 2010
"It's unwarranted and unwise for the Legislature to wade back in and try to undo what the Supreme Court has done," -Simeon Herskovits The statements from the S. Nevada Water Authority are incredible and rising in pitch. Simeon Herskovitz describes as hyperbole from the SNWA that the "water law" is in crisis. Quoting from the Las Vegas Review Journal today:
'But one opponent of the pipeline project dismissed the ... More
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