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Las Vegas SUN: Plan to pipe water to Vegas spurs White Pine County recall drive <br />V. THE BEST SEATS AT <br />THE BIGGEST SHOWS <br />LA5VEUS <br />NEVADA <br />Printable text version I Mail this to a friend <br />NATION <br />WORLD <br />�....� "_._ _... � <br />t s r:" I <br />BEI.TWAY <br />April 13, 2004 <br />€ eta <br />SUN HOME <br />Plan to pipe water to Vegas spurs White <br />Pine County recall drive <br />Uf <br />sports <br />upinion <br />business <br />aoccrit <br />ASSOCIATED PRESS <br />•„�:; <br />f ace to f aoc <br />dascMcds <br />ELY, Nev. (AP) - Opponents of a plan to pipe <br />contact us <br />groundwater from rural White Pine County to Las <br />Vegas have launched a recall drive against two <br />county commissioners and the district attorney. <br />- <br />Jo Anne Garrett, who heads the recall effort with two <br />$ > 0 0 <br />other county residents, said Commissioners David <br />Provost and Jack Norcross and District Attorney <br />showbiz Weak €p <br />Richard Sears are too eager to negotiate with the <br />Las vt`ga* ?b'eex'; <br />Southern Nevada Water Authority to end a 15 -year <br />Las Veg Life <br />Note) R4'64¢CS <br />fight over g roundwater rights. <br />g g g <br />Petitioners began collecting signatures after filing <br />documents to begin the drive on April 2. <br />Norcross and Provost were not immediately <br />available for comment. <br />Sears said the issue has split White Pine County's <br />9,000 residents into two camps. One wants to fight, <br />and the other thinks the cash -poor county should <br />make a deal. <br />Last week, White Pine County officials cut more than <br />$1 million from a county general fund budget of <br />slightly more than $7 million. <br />The recall petitioners favor fighting. But Sears said <br />ignoring the water authority will lead to water being <br />pumped from White Pine County with no benefit to <br />the county. <br />http: / /www.lasvegassun. com/ sunbin/stories /nevada/2004 /apr/ 13/041310925.html <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />4/14/2004 <br />