Pubdate: Tue, 11 Jun 2002
Source: Daily Herald, The (UT)
Copyright: 2002 The Daily Herald
Contact:  http://www.harktheherald.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1480
Author: Victor I. Cartwright

U.S. NEEDS TO RETHINK ITS PRIORITIES

What is wrong with our government?

I read on the front page of The Daily Herald that the Department of the 
Interior had purchased water from drought-stricken Deer Creek and 
Jordanelle reservoirs to increase the flow of the Provo River so the June 
sucker will have good spawning conditions on the lower Provo River.

That same evening, I heard on TV that the border patrol agents on the 
U.S./Mexican border sit on their duffs because the agency does not have 
enough money to buy enough vehicles so these agents can contain the drug 
traffic and influx of illegal immigrants.

Is it more important to have good spawning ground for the June sucker so 
the Walleye pike and White bass can feed on the spawn, or should we be 
concerned about the flow of drugs and illegal immigrants into our country?

Our city officials request that we conserve water during this drought 
period. How can anyone expect "Joe Blow" to conserve water when we give the 
June sucker priority to our water and money, and the drugs and illegal 
immigrants flow freely across our border?

God Bless America.

Victor I. Cartwright

Provo
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