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<br />SlgnOnSanDicgo.com > Nc\\s > Special Reports u i\ promlncnt family is 10m by the battle over wakr <br /> <br />PagelofJ <br /> <br />Slg9.g.~.~~~!~.com J~--- -I_u,u_~._"'L ..:.=1 <br /> <br />Horn. 1 News I Today', Paper I: Sports~. Classified, ~II Shopping ~.Jl' Services "jl",,- Entertainment!1P!1 Visiforlnfo ':-t~.."rf;ho';,U <br /> <br />Aavert!~lng Into Aboul Us Cont"ct Us Feedbilck. Site lndell" PrlYlICY Policy <br /> <br />News <br /> <br />WllIr on Terror <br />Metro <br />North County <br />CalIfornia <br />Ndllon <br />Mexico <br />World <br />Busi"~~s <br />Biotechnology <br />Technology <br />Science <br />Politics <br />Mihtdry <br />Education <br />Travel <br />Solutions <br />Sp~c1dl Reports <br />Features <br /> <br />Obituarif!,!; <br /> <br />Weather <br />Forums <br />Opinion <br />Columnists <br />U-T D.Ji1y Paper <br />U-T Emili! Edition <br />Archive. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />A prominent family is torn by the battle <br />over water <br /> <br />By Michael Gardner <br />COPLEY NEWS SERVICE <br /> <br />BRAWLEY - When Oon Cox <br />learned that his daughter.in-law <br />was expecting a baby smack in <br />the middle of tomato haf\'est, he <br />turned to son ulrryand <br />dcmilnded, "What were you <br />thinking?" The dressed-down <br />SOll said he "thought it was a <br />good idea at the time." <br /> <br />In these parts, families are <br />planned around planting and <br />picking. And water can be <br />thicker than blood. <br /> <br /> <br />PEGGY PEAmE J Urllon-Tnbune <br />Larry Cox tested thl! 5011 ,n hl~ lettuce fIeld. <br />Calf and his fllther and brother are ImperIal <br />VaHev farmers who worry about the ImPdct <br />ofthl! water transfer deal. <br /> <br />The Cox family illustrates the angst brought on the Imperial VJllcy by <br />the San Diego County Water Authority's bid to buy up to 200,000 acre. <br />feet of water from farmers herc, phased in over 15 years. Some of the <br />supply may be made available by lea\ing fields unplanted, threatening <br />to quiet cash registers in town and expose the struggling community to <br />job losses. <br /> <br />DOll, the patriarch, is a former member of the irrigation district that <br />"ill make the final decision this month. <br /> <br />Mike Cox, another SOil, is president <br />of the county Farm Bureau, a potent <br />political voice here. The water sale <br />puts him in the precarious position of <br />representing all fanners when there <br />are many different \dews ill this <br />debate. <br /> <br />And Larry is one of the organizers of <br />a rebellion - disgruntled faflllCrs who <br />felt so left out of negotiations that <br />the)' privately I1ll't with San Diego <br />officials and tried to forge a coalition <br />\\ith environmentalists. <br /> <br />The Cox family has stature here, <br /> <br />Water <br />Pressure <br /> <br />~. <br /> <br />. Imperial'_$ decision <br />. Farm workers fear_water <br /> <br />http://www.signonsandiego.contlncws/reportslwater/20021208-9999.famlcrs.html <br /> <br /> <br />Yellow Pages <br /> <br />Bars & Clubs <br />Business ServIces <br />Computers <br />Education <br />Health & Beauty <br />Home & Garden <br />Hotels <br />Restaurants <br />Shopping <br />Trayel <br /> <br />Search by <br />Company Name: <br />I ~ <br /> <br />Local Guides <br /> <br />""" <br />Coupons <br />Eldercare <br />Financial Guide <br />Health <br />Homes <br />lobs <br />legal Guide <br />Shopping <br /> <br />l2/101f12 <br />