I guess we all feel like fools after the recent Sacramento Bee article in which the city of Folsom admitted that any water saved by existing residence would be put towards allocation south of 50. So there is no net savings in water. You save 1000 gallons and they turn it over to new development to use 1000 gallons. It's pretty hard to argue now that saving water helps our state. We're just reallocating water. We're not saving any.
-Robert
Foolish To Conserve Water
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Robert Gary
, Mar 14 2015 02:48 PM
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Posted 14 March 2015 - 04:09 PM
They said that??? dang!! I feel foolish now.
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Posted 14 March 2015 - 04:22 PM
Lesson for the day:
Be a good Folsom Fishy; pee and flush it south!!
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Posted 14 March 2015 - 04:31 PM
I guess we all feel like fools after the recent Sacramento Bee article in which the city of Folsom admitted that any water saved by existing residence would be put towards allocation south of 50. So there is no net savings in water. You save 1000 gallons and they turn it over to new development to use 1000 gallons. It's pretty hard to argue now that saving water helps our state. We're just reallocating water. We're not saving any.
-Robert
The City Council LIED to us from day ONE.
They flat LIED to us. There is no other way to put it.,
None of our water was to go South of 50....
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Posted 14 March 2015 - 04:57 PM
The City Council LIED to us from day ONE.
They flat LIED to us. There is no other way to put it.,
None of our water was to go South of 50....
Lying and deceiving us is what they do best.
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Posted 14 March 2015 - 08:42 PM
It's pretty obvious, and always has been, that the best way for Folsom to conserve water is to not develop S50. That will save much more water than when residents let their lawns die. But the development will happen anyway, because water conservation is not the top priority.
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Posted 15 March 2015 - 08:26 AM
It's pretty obvious, and always has been, that the best way for Folsom to conserve water is to not develop S50. That will save much more water than when residents let their lawns die. But the development will happen anyway, because water conservation is not the top priority.
Our city councils idea of water conservation is to rob Peter to pay Paul.
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Posted 15 March 2015 - 09:13 AM
Wait until all the Peter's can't wash their...cars.
Maybe then they will give the city council a ring.
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Posted 15 March 2015 - 10:17 AM
Our city councils idea of water conservation is to rob Peter to pay Paul.
I like your signature 
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Posted 16 March 2015 - 07:28 AM
Has anyone asked Mayor Howell about this? Just curious as to how she would respond (cue raspy lies and twisted rhetoric).
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Posted 16 March 2015 - 08:55 AM
Kerri Howell isn't mayor. I know people like to use her as a scapegoat, but there are others on the council too.
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Posted 16 March 2015 - 09:48 AM
Sorry, my bad, she just acts like she runs the place...
I agree, the whole council needs to answer on this one.
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Posted 16 March 2015 - 01:02 PM
I believe every sitting council member has been Mayor except Ernie Sheldon. Ernie was Vice-mayor, when Kerry was Mayou.. Ernie will never be voted on to be mayor by the other 4 council members so it will just continue to rotate amongst Miklos, Morin, Howell and Starsky. The council (except maybe Sheldon) will tell you we have more than enough water and that we're just in a "drought cycle" and it too will pass and in the coming years we'll have tons of snowpack and rainfall and every damn will be spilling it's banks....blah blah blah. What a farce....
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Posted 16 March 2015 - 02:03 PM
Well, I gues we have our solution for stopping S50! Everyone waste water so they have none to allocate. Problem solved. Net water usage is the same, so don't feel bad. It would have been used by others, anyway. At least your yard will look good again.
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Posted 16 March 2015 - 03:12 PM
I was planning to let my lawn die this summer... BUT given this announcement I'm having second thoughts.
Does anyone have a link to the Bee article that quoted this?
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