Common sense drought
Rep. Mike Noel held a pillow over the face of a water conservation bill and watched it die today — just to spite environmentalists.
The Kanab Republican suspected that the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, which he sees as a radical environmental group, was supporting the bill through the Utah Rivers Council
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HB137's water conservation program would have provided "guidelines, procedures, and design and construction standards to improve water conservation in existing, renovated, and newly constructed state facilities." How diabolical.
The bill is supported by Utah Association of Special Districts, of which Kane County Water Conservation District is a member. Noel is the boss man at Kane County water district. Perhaps it's his evil twin.
Sponsor Rep. Larry Wiley argued that Utah, a desert state, ranks second in nation for per person use of water. HB137 would reduce water use 25 percent by 2050, he said.
Last week, Noel passed out a letter to Republican House members calling on them to kill the bill.
The list of the River Council's crimes likely would have gone on, but Minority Leader Rep. Brad King interrupted Noel. King shocked the House with common sense by recommending the conservation program be judged on merits. "If you don't like the bill, vote against it," King said. "But don't take things that are extraneous to that argument into account."
The bill — and water conservation — was defeated 31 to 40.
The Kanab Republican suspected that the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, which he sees as a radical environmental group, was supporting the bill through the Utah Rivers Council
.HB137's water conservation program would have provided "guidelines, procedures, and design and construction standards to improve water conservation in existing, renovated, and newly constructed state facilities." How diabolical.
The bill is supported by Utah Association of Special Districts, of which Kane County Water Conservation District is a member. Noel is the boss man at Kane County water district. Perhaps it's his evil twin.
Sponsor Rep. Larry Wiley argued that Utah, a desert state, ranks second in nation for per person use of water. HB137 would reduce water use 25 percent by 2050, he said.
Last week, Noel passed out a letter to Republican House members calling on them to kill the bill.
Please support me in sending a message to this environmental organization that we won't support bills with their name on them until they clean up their act and stop lying to the people.Noel waded into the floor debate today, saying he had found information on the Utah Rivers Council web site that was "erroneous" and the River Council has "joined hand in hand with SUWA, the Sierra Club and EarthFirst." And, ohmaGod, the River Council has opposed the Bear River dam project, he said. (Their web page shamelessly confesses that the Council "protects Utah’s rivers and clean water sources for today’s citizens, future generations...")
...we can make a strong statement that we are tired as **** and we won't take it any longer.
The list of the River Council's crimes likely would have gone on, but Minority Leader Rep. Brad King interrupted Noel. King shocked the House with common sense by recommending the conservation program be judged on merits. "If you don't like the bill, vote against it," King said. "But don't take things that are extraneous to that argument into account."
The bill — and water conservation — was defeated 31 to 40.
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