Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who starred as a villain in "The Terminator" and other action flicks during his movie career, started the New Year playing the role of the "Fish Terminator" on Friday by releasing an environmentally devastating plan to break ground for the peripheral canal in 2011.
Schwarzenegger, realizing the opposition his plan faces in the State Legislature, intends to build the "dual conveyance" facility without the approval of the Legislature or the voters. The massive project would feature a combination of through-Delta flows and a peripheral canal to deliver Sacramento River water to the state and federal pumps in the South Delta, supposedly to achieve the goals of "ecosystem restoration" and "reliable water supply" at the same time.
The governor's hand-picked group of cabinet level advisers, the Delta Vision Committee, released their plan for the California Delta on January 2, missing the original deadline of December 31. The plan was released at 4:55 PM in the classic example of the "Friday night dump," where controversial plans and documents are released by government agencies to avoid full scrutiny by reporters and the public, preferably at the end of a long holiday weekend.
"There is no time to waste and we must accelerate implementation of near-term fundamental actions," the plan states, in an attempt to convey a sense of urgency. "Additional delay will only compound the risk to the state and its citizens."
YEAH RIGHT!!!!! He should figure out how to keep California from possibly going broke by March instead of trying push through his disastrous personal agenda!!!!
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