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<br />Once upon a time, our' gove, rument tried. . asking them to celebrate great evel)t~ like
<br />its best to get rid ofthe lowly squaw- the Safe Incinerator.Act. " .,'. " '.
<br />fish, succeeding to the point of landing the ' So outraged did Congress become (after ';
<br />1'" finned menaces on the endangered species '. word got 0 Congress was up ,.':'i
<br />i::': list. NQw the gover'lment wants ,to save ' . to) that there was ferven lk of banning."
<br />~. them, and thus may cancel the Animas-La the frank outright, as stip ated In the'
<br />Plata water. project, whose completion Wilson amendment. That pi ceof self-
<br />.. could damage squawfish habitat and that of flagellation not only called fo total ban of
<br />f the Ra20rback Sucker, 13 of which. have the frank, but also de oe'd that $45
<br />~i, been spotted in the neighborhood. million of the savi used to treat
<br />. Now, there happen to be several decent crack-addicted m ers.It was the work of
<br />excuses for opposingARimas.La Plata. The saints, to be s e, and in that spirit the,
<br />project is grossly expensive, for one, and is Senate voted 8 8 for the ban, knowing full
<br />still one more suhsidy for farmers. And weil that the use would bury the bill
<br />while it is true that the project would settle alive, crack moth s and all. .'.
<br />o some Indian water rights problems....:...: the iir~t' quarterly report on th~ cost of'
<br />, which is justification enough in many peo- . this year's mailings is now out (req,ired by.
<br />pIe's minds -:.. non-Indians would grab the, last year's ethics bill _ and wipe that smile,.,
<br />bulk of the project's benefits. , . off your face), and guess what?; House.
<br />But what about the.fish excuse? It's not members are well on their way tb over-
<br />even certain the squawfish would cease to spending their $4I'million budget. .!kot by a
<br />o exist should the pro*ct proceed, and the . little, but by $38.2 million. ' . ! co''''.'.
<br />. ra20rbacks aren't eVt!ll on the endangered The Senate, meanwhile, is urid~r it;'
<br />species list. So it seems to us that Gov. Roy, budget, probably because senato~s must
<br />"Rom~r a!l~ Rep. Beno~ighthorse Campbell',. report individually, while House m'emljers
<br />'are, lusllfled. m seell,ing .to ,exempt, the, Jump all their mail bills together. We'd call
<br />~~i:~t from endangC:fed speCIes cQnsJ~er:. for some reform, but good LQni, what
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<br />Mter all, it's one thing to lose a water'
<br />"project becauSe of economics. Losing to
<br />'suckerfish, however, ~ould seriously injure ,.'.
<br />the self-esteem of every~ne involved. '
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