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' History, voting records favor city water board Page 1 of 3 <br /> The Pueblo Chieftain Online <br /> Select file then print to print this article. <br /> Publish Date: June <br /> History, voting records favor city water board <br /> yam- 6 <br /> John Ladd <br /> By PETER ROPER <br /> The Pueblo Chieftain <br /> As Pueblo voters consider whether City Council or the Pueblo Board of Water Works should be in <br /> charge of selling surplus water outside the city, it might be helpful to hear the dispute in the words of a <br /> councilman and board member. <br /> "The water and water system of Pueblo belongs to the people. It's their tax money that has and is paying <br /> for it. Therefore I feel for once, at least, they should have a voice in saying how it should be operated," <br /> said Councilman Fred Voss, in the Oct. 30, 1961, edition of The Pueblo Chieftain. <br /> On the other side was water board member M. Edward McCabe, who declared, "We have always had a <br /> separate management of the water system in Pueblo. We have grown up under this system and recognize <br /> its value." <br /> Back in 1961, city voters were firmly against a proposed amendment to the city charter that would have <br /> pulled the board of water works into city government. They voted down the idea by a whopping margin <br /> of 11,957 to 3,809. <br /> The idea surfaced again in 1965 and suffered the same fate. Asked to put the water board under city <br /> control as a new Department of Public Utilities, 10,640 voters said no while only 4,050 thought it was a <br /> good idea. <br /> Council tried it one more time in 1967 and got another whipping at the polls. The tally was 12,544 <br /> http: / /www. chieftain .comlprintiarchive /2002ljune /26 /nil.htm 7/7/2002 <br /> 2 'd 82180926TL taMSZW • PIoJeH e0ib =60 20 80 InC <br />