Laserfiche WebLink
The Pueblo Chieftain Online <br />Page 2 of 2 <br />drought. He said it's unfair that Colorado must let the same amount of water <br />flow past its borders, even if the state's needs aren't being met. <br />"The part that I would try to help fix is when you have drought years ... that <br />we share the burden of that," Miles said. "There's only 16.5 million acre -feet of <br />water in our Colorado rivers and streams, and 7.5 million has to go downstream <br />by compact. Why should we send 7.5 million every year regardless of drought <br />and we have less for ourselves? It's an act of God. It's not something we poorly <br />managed." <br />Beyond the compact issue, both candidates stayed on message throughout the <br />rest of the half -hour debate: Miles pushing for a universal, single -payer health <br />care system; Salazar on building coalitions, regardless of party affiliation, to get <br />things done. <br />Once again, Miles called on Salazar, should he be elected, to pledge that he <br />would post on his U.S. Senate Web page the names of anyone he meets with, <br />as Miles has vowed to do. <br />But while saying he, too, was for open government, Salazar said that taking <br />such a pledge would mean he wouldn't be able to have close -door discussions <br />on national security matters, which are illegal to divulge. <br />Miles also called on the nation to scrap President Bush's No Child Left Behind <br />law, saying that as a school teacher in Fountain, he's seen first -hand how it <br />doesn't work. <br />Salazar repeated his position that the law needs to be fully funded before <br />anyone can make a decision on what to do with it. <br />©1996- 2004The Pueblo Chieftain Online <br />http: / /www. chieftain. com /print.php ?article= /metro /1091599200/9 8/4/2004 <br />