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<br />"" <br />M <br />, <br />lD <br />~ <br /> <br />tIl <br />CI <br />J:I: <br />D. <br /> <br />~ <br />lSl <br />OJ <br />lD <br />Ul <br />qo <br />OJ <br />lSl <br />r- <br />OJ <br />C <br />... <br /> <br />U <br />D. <br />Z <br />tIl <br />tIl <br />D/ <br />CI <br />~ <br />lQ <br />:E <br />o <br />U <br />....l <br />J:I: <br />lQ <br /> <br />.. <br />:E <br />o <br />D/ <br />p.. <br />lD <br />lSl <br />lD <br />... <br /> <br />M <br />lSl." <br />I <br />M <br />lSl <br />I <br />....l,. <br />::J <br />":l <br /> <br />. Imperial Farmers Urge Panel Lo Block U.S. Water Ruling <br /> <br />Page 1 of 4 <br /> <br />- <br />. <br />I <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I.. , .... ., , ., ,...,.....i I1ImDI <br /> <br />HI, jlocllhcad <br /> <br />o Member Sotvir.c!> <br /> <br /> <br />, ~ears <br />. Cars <br />. Homes <br />. Ranlals <br />. NllWSpapill Ads <br />. Parsonflls <br /> <br />~P'jI~g<<rP~i?'~. <br />::',~."'''I.........,., .;~V.; . _ .. Wlo~~t~ <br />Arl, Thealer, Night Life <br /> <br />Movies, Music, TV, Olnlng <br /> <br />C;d1fon1ia' . <br /> <br />- .. <br /> <br />The Sta\e <br />InllUld Emplra <br />Los AIlgeles <br />Orange County <br />ThG Valley <br />Ventura Counly <br /> <br />Columns <br />steve Harvey <br />Steve Lopez <br />Pa U MOllison <br />George ~kcllon <br /> <br />Features <br />Good Turns <br />Inside Polllies <br />Behind the Wheel <br />In the Classroom <br />Surroundings <br />Olllhe Law <br />Oul There <br /> <br />Community Papers <br />Burbank Leader <br />,ClaremGnt-Upland <br />Voice . <br />Coastline Pilol <br />Dally Plio 1 <br />Huntington Beech <br />Independent <br />NeVIs-Press <br />Rall~O Cucamonga <br />Voice <br /> <br />Home f Regisler I Horne Deliver)' I Site Map I A~cf1ives I Prhl Edition I. Advertise I Feedback I ~lclp <br /> <br />July:2,2003 <br /> <br />-10 E-mail Slory Print <br /> <br />THE STATE <br />Imperial Farmers Urge Panel to Block U.S. Water <br />Rul'ing <br />· They threaten 10 go to the Supreme Courl iflheir Colorado River allocalioll is reduced. <br /> <br />By Tony Perry, Times Staff Writer <br /> <br />EL CAJON, Calif. - In a last~minute plea, Imperial Valley farmers <br />Tuesday asked'Southern California members of Congress to block an <br />expected lUting from the federal government that the fanners are <br />wasting water and should have their allocation from the Colorado River <br />reduced. <br /> <br />Times Headlines <br /> <br />The plea came with a threat: Ifthe government tries again to take some <br />of the valley's water, the Impedal Irrigation District will fight to the U.S. <br />Supreme Court to protect the water rights ofthe fanners, <br /> <br />Seculily Issues Cited as <br />lAX SCleeners Fired <br /> <br />Life and Dealh in 3 Seconds <br /> <br />SwaIm Tactics Bring Scanl <br />Results <br /> <br />Water Woes Last Despite <br />Heavy Rains <br /> <br />Inmale, 17, Hanged Self, <br />Oflicials Say <br /> <br />~;-:- I\OVrmn~Er-'15.N"f' ~ <br /> <br />more> <br /> <br />At the same hearing, <br />Rep, Duncan Hunter ....... ...... <br />(R EI C ) hI eel lI'UltsCN8E to \h~ {Y~:'h-' <br />- .. ajon am Los Anllelu nm"ij.S~~f <br />Southern California's dick herll ' <br />inability to reach a q .. ~ ........ ... <br />water dealllot on the farmers but on what he <br />sees as the Metropolitan Water District's <br />reluctance to approve a deal for the Imperial <br />Irrigation District to sell water to San Diego <br />ComIty. <br /> <br />"Who are you to Slop this thing?" demanded <br />