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<br />-3- <br /> <br />AT THE RISK OF BEING ACCUSED OF "TALKING DOHN" TO YOU HERE THIS <br />t10RNING, I Af'1 .GOING TO TRY TO EXPLAIN THE ISSUE PRESENTLY BEFORE. <br />THE I'IATER RESOURCES COUNCIL AS UiHECHNICALLY AS POSSIBLE AND, <br />HOPEFULLY, TO. THE EXTENT OF OVER-S If'1PLI FY I NG IT, <br /> <br />MANY YEARS AGO ONE OF OUR OLD-TIME ARIZONA LAWYERS <br />APPEARED BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA ON AN APPEAL FROM <br />THE LOWER COURT RELATING TO A RATHER SIMPLE CONTRACT CASE, HE <br />BEGAN HIS PRESENTATION BY EXPLAINING TO THE COURT THE BASIC <br />AND ELEf'IENTARY RULES OF THE LAI~ OF CONTRPCTS, THE CHI EF JUSTI CE <br />INTERRUPTED HIr1 rw SAYING, "BUT THESE MATTERS ARE ELEMENTARY. <br />EVERY LAWYER KNOWS WHAT YOU ARE TELLING US NOW, I WOULD SUGGEST <br />THAT YOU GET ON WITH YOUR ARGUf.1EiH." THE ATTORr~EY HESITATED MD <br />THEN SAID TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE, "YOUR HONOR, I ~~DE THAT ASSUMPTION <br />IN THE LOWER COURT -- THAT IS WHY I AM HERE ON APPEAL, AND I DON'T <br />WANT TO RISK MAKING THE SIl,ME mSTAKE TWICE," <br /> <br />CONSEQUENTLY, LET ME BEGIN WITH A VERY BRIEF SUr1f1ARY OF <br />THE PROBLEf1 AS CONTAI NED l[~ HELENE i'10NBERG' S IIWESTERN RESOURCES <br />WRAP-UP" BACK Ir~ AUGUST OF 1971. HERE'S THE rlAY SHE PRESENTED <br />iHE MATTER TO HER READERS, SHE SAID: <br />"ON ORDERS OF THE POHERFUL OFFI CE OF r'1ANAGEf"lENT <br />AND BUDGET, THE HATER RESOURCES COUNC I LIS PLAN[-m~G <br />