Victor Davis Hanson: California Bureaucrats Threaten the Water of 600K |
In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler discuss how California bureaucrats and environmental lawyers are threatening to blow up dams and deny water to 600,000 residents, “a symbolic act to punish civilization and hurt people.”
Editor’s note: This content was recorded by Victor Davis Hanson prior to his Dec. 30 medical operation.
This is a lightly edited transcript of a segment from today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to VDH’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes.
Jack Fowler: There’s a disturbing article on this website UNWON. We’ve talked once or twice in the past about some articles they’ve done, but they’ve been covering things that happened to rural America. And there is this story.
We’ve talked about water and dams in the past, but I think this is worth knowing because even if you don’t live there, Victor, there are people who rely on rural California dams and the water it produces that goes to farms that we eat the product of all across America and all across the world.
So, there’s this story. I suggest people check it out. It’s titled “Round Valley. Indian Tribes Attorney Says ‘Two-Basin Solution’ Water Diversions to Sonoma and Mendocino Will Stop.” What does that mean? That’s a mouthful of a headline, but it comes down to the continuing desire and not only desire, but the actuality of California bureaucrats blowing up dams.
The PG&E, the power company out there, which has some rights with these dams, wanting them blown up because they’re tired of being sued by “Trouts are people too” nonprofits and other kinds of........