Turn on the Water!

Madness! That is the only way to describe the actions by our federal government in cutting off the water supply to one of the most fertile and important farming areas in the United States, the San Joaquin Valley in California. Former Fresno Mayor Alan Autry called the action by our federal government an act of domestic terror citing that after 9/11 Homeland Security asked him to work with them to protect the water supply since it was considered "vital" to America's food supply. Yet we now have federal orders to shut off water to this area for an unproven theory about protecting a 2 inch smelt. Utter craziness!

This act by our federal government has devastated the state's farm economy. In the inland areas the jobless rate has hit 14.3%, with some farming towns like Mendota seeing unemployment numbers near 40%. In August, 50 mayors from the San Joaquin Valley signed a letter pleading to observe the devastating situation and to take action. This has caused a loss of 40,000 jobs and has resulted in Americans standing in food lines! Even further it deprives America with approximately 12% of our food supply, has a negative impact of billions upon billions of dollars upon our economy, and forces us to rely upon food imported from China, Mexico, and South America with all the associated health risks.

Over 83 billion gallons per month of water that was normally dedicated to the farming fields are now dumped out to the ocean. The result is 300,000 acres of precious farming land that is now dried out and parched, it actually makes you sick to the stomach to see it.

We have a situation and a federal government that is out of control, that is willfully and purposely hurting America, destroying jobs, damaging and restricting our food supply, hurting our economy, and causing unnecessary health risks. We have a federal government that not only ignores the American people, but the pleas of many responsible representatives of government including mayors, elected state representatives, congressmen, governors, and responsible media.

There should be outrage. What are we doing to our country? TURN ON THE WATER!