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Mendota: a town scraping bottom
While this is a very serious and sad situation, it's apparent that the small amount of water (5%) being held back for the health of the delta is not the solution for Mendota's problems. What's even sadder is that their elected representative, Devin Nunes, has so little vision that even with stimulus funds pouring out from the Obama administration, he is obsessed with getting corporate farms more water rather than dealing with the real needs of the people. Ed. Kevin Fagan, Chronicle Staff Writer Sunday, July 26, 2009 -- Mendota, Fresno County -- Maria DeLourdes Oregel hasn't found work since her harvesting job petered out last year, her husband's hours at the local chicken farm have been cut by a third, and even though she feeds her children meat only once a week, she runs out of cash before the end of each month...(Continued on-line at the San Francisco Chronicle) |