“Whisky is for drinkin’. Water is for fightin.” Mark Twain
While we in Livingston are “fussin and fuedin” over how much to pay for the water we got, farmers, farm workers and other supporters of Ag on ”The Westside” are fighting to GET water.
This week the “fight” for water took to the streets of Fresno.
Photo by “nygma”, a fellow “twitterpater”
Here are a few articles about what happened: links courtesy of other “twittermates”
An Article entitled “Water Rally At Fresno City Hall”
A Slide Show on “California Water Woes”
From the Fresno Bee “Rally for Water Rights Hits Downtown Fresno”
KCRA 3 “Nearly 4,000 March In Fresno For Water”
Not only is this fight being taken to the streets, the airwaves and the blogosphere, it is also moving into the courts.
One thing for sure, this fight for water has only just begun
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