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<br />I"'IIL oy; O.U.L ~wan LOnqU.Ll:lng :serVlces' 480 941 8658; <br />Legislaters lose patience over lagging water WKS <br /> <br /> <br />Friday <br />>> News .. <br />Local News <br />Opinion <br />Suslns. <br />Sports <br />Cu rrents II Art. <br />The Last Week <br />Sunday <br />Monday <br />Tuellday <br />Wednesday <br />Thu..acta, <br />Friday <br />Saturday <br />Weekly Sections <br />S_b- <br />Pel'Sonal Tech <br />Efttaee <br />FllImily <br />Food <br />Ho..... <br />Home5(;ape <br />In,ight <br />Night.. Day <br />Retlgion ... !:thlcs <br />Sunday ArtIl <br />Trllv.1 <br />Quetlt <br />Wheels <br /> <br />~,'~\~\. "'I~. 'r l,~\..-l <br /> <br />Dec-23-02 12:25PM; <br /> <br /> <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />() \ - t: r :;~; -- I -j~ ( >>r L: c t ft 11 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Monday <br /> <br />(! a SAVE TH.l1 Es ~IL THIS ElSJ PRIMr THIS E~1IlIOST POPULAR <br /> <br />Legislators lose patience over lagging <br />water talks <br /> <br />By Michael Gardner <br />COPLEY NE\r\'SSERVlCE <br /> <br />December 20, 2002 <br /> <br />SACRAMENTO - As water oflicia1s fail~to make any apparent <br />progress. a bipartisan group in CongresS yesterday blamed the Bush <br />administration for the coDapse of a tentative agreement to share the <br />Colorado River. - <br /> <br />:'0:"- <br /> <br /><<'1 <br />OJ. <br />-ife1 <br />Ej <br /> <br />San Diego and Imperial Valley water boaJds met separatelyyestenlay, <br />but did not introduce any new propoeals-to salvage a water transfer <br />berween the two regions that is key to a river agreement. <br /> <br />The San Diego County Water Alltbority~gave executive director <br />Maureen Stapleton authority to sign off on any new deal, in ca.5e an <br />nth-hour agreement emerges before a 'Dee. 31 deadline. <br /> <br />California oould lose 800,000 acre-feet, enough for 1.6 million <br />households, if officials fail to close the Inlperial-to-San Die<<o sale and <br />ratify a seven-state accotd on the Colorado. <br /> <br />Meanwhile, some of California's most COnservative and liberal <br />rongressional members pointed a oonecli've finger at the Bush <br />administration for pushing the state to. the brink of a water crisis. <br /> <br />The federalr;ovemment's role "has ~ limited to the issuance of <br />threats and provocations that have iDlpeded, rather than encouraged <br />dgreements," said 22 House membem:m a letter to Interior Seaeta1'Y <br />Gale Nortoll. <br /> <br /> <br />12 <br />T"'''~ <br /> <br />Those signing the letter included De$ocrats Susan Davis and Bob <br />Filner, both of San Diego, as well as:~blie8Ds Randy "Duke" <br />Cunningham. of Escondido and Duncan Hunter of E1 Cajon. <br /> <br />They accused the Department of the bJterior of delaying the release of <br /> <br />bttp:llwww.signonsandiego.comlnewsluniOlltrib/fri/newslncws_ln2Owater.btm1 <br /> <br />12/l3/2002 <br />