How the West(lands) Was Won, a two-part series - Part One
By Lloyd G. CarterEditor’s note: Part one of this series addresses the merits of Westlands Water District’s breach of contract claim in the U.S. Claims Court in Washington, D.C. Part Two addresses the...
View ArticleHow the West(lands) was won, Part Two
By Lloyd G. Carter If there are unwritten charter memberships in the Hydraulic Brotherhood, the Westlands Water District and the Denver, Colorado law firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck...
View ArticleProminent Westlands Water District Grower Mark Borba calls President Obama...
The Fresno Bee reported today (April 9, 2013) that prominent Westlands Water District grower Mark Borba was removed as chairman of the board of directors of Community Medical Centers because of his...
View ArticleWestlands Exagerrating Water Cutback Impacts
Dr. Jeffrey Michael says the Westlands Water District and Rep. Jim Costa are exagaretting the impacts of water cutbacks to the nation's largest federal water district. Westlands may only receive 20...
View ArticleRuminations on the Borba affair
Some unanswered questions about Westlands Water District grower Mark Borba's racial slur against President Obama and the behind-the-scenes efforts to get Westlands more Northern California waterBy...
View ArticleJudge lifts temporary restraining order blocking water releases on the...
The significantly lower volume of water now projected to be involved and the potential and enormous risk to the fishery of doing nothing, the Court finds it in the public interest to permit the...
View ArticleSelenium impacting health of honey bees
Selenium, a trace element that can be toxic under certain circumstances, has been linked to adverse health impacts in honey bee populations, according to a new study by researchers at the University of...
View ArticleWestlands' 101st Senator
By Lloyd G. Carter Not only is lawyer/lobbyist Norman Brownstein collecting a $20,000 a month retainer from the Westlands Water District in western Fresno and Kings counties (western San...
View ArticleWestlands officials ponder big buy-in on Bay Delta Conservation Plan
By Lloyd G. Carter Westlands Water District directors Wednesday (Nov. 21) hosted a workshop on the controversial Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and were told by California Department...
View ArticleDADDY'S MONEY
"The case has lately turned into a mud-slinging-fest that, despite the legal verbiage necessary of court documents, reads like a soap opera scandal."Denver Post July 3, 2013 article onbankruptcy case...
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