state of emergency
Autry threatens to stop paying income taxes.
Submitted by Lloyd_Carter on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 07:00.Fresno Mayor Alan Autry is calling for citizens to stop paying their taxes until more water is delivered to the Westlands Water District. He says he'll stop paying his taxes and go to jail if necessary. Autry spoke to the Fresno Bee editorial board Tuesday afternoon (July 22) and offered his views on the current drought situation. Bee editorial page editor Jim Boren posted the following on his blog at the Bee's website.
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Submitted by lgc_admin on Mon, 06/16/2008 - 18:26.Lloyd G. Carter: Much of California is a desert, we should live in it as such[/b]
By Lloyd G. Carter - Special to The Bee
Published 12:00 am PDT Sunday, June 15, 2008
Story appeared in FORUM section, Page E1
That dreaded word drought has again intruded into the California public consciousness following Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's June 4 declaration that a drought is officially under way.
