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<br />"'""' . <br />~n <br />.... <br /> <br />STATEMENT - COLORAD~ATER CONSERVATION BOARD .age 2 <br />March 21, 1973. . <br /> <br />BUS SERVICES TO THE AREA, AND, SINCE A LOT OF LOCAL MONEY IS SPENT <br />OUTSIDE THE SAN MIGUEL BASIN, WE DO NOT HAVE THE JOB MULTIPLYING <br />EFFECT THAT OTHER AREAS DO. FOR INSTANCE, THE AVERAGE BASIC JOB IN <br />AGRICULTURE AND MINING SUPPORTS ABOUT ONE LOCAL SERVICE JOB IN THE <br />SAN MIGUEL BASIN. IN OTHER AREAS, A BASIC JOB WILL SUPPORT ABOUT <br />FIVE OR SIX SERVICE JOBS. WE DO NOT HAVE THE "TURN OVER" OF LOCAL <br />MONEY THAT IS SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO CREATE A VIABLE ECONOMY, AND, <br /> <br />UNLESS WE CAN CORRECT THIS PROBLEM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE LEFT OUT <br />OF THE MAIN STREAM OF SOCIETY. IN SPITE OF THIS ADVERSITY, THE SAN <br />MIGUEL BASIN IS NOT A POVERTY AREA; HOWEVER, THE AVERAGE INCOME OF <br />$5,100 IS BELOW THE STATE AVERAGE. <br /> <br />THE NATIVE POPULATION IS CHARACTERIZED BY HARD-WORKING, INDE- <br />PENDENT, RUGGED INDIVIDUALISTS WHO HAVE "SCRATCHED" A LIVELIHOOD <br /> <br />FROM MOTHER EARTH THROUGH MINING OR RANCHING. THE~E PEOPLE ARE THE <br /> <br />MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE IN THE SAN MIGUEL BASIN; FOR IT WAS THESE <br />HARD-WORKING, RUGGED INDIVIDUALISTS WHO BANDED TOGETHER IN 1957 TO <br />ORGA[~IZE THE SAN MIGUEL WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT WITH THE SPECIFIC <br /> <br />PURPOSE IN MIND OF BUILDING THE SAN MIGUEL PROJECT. THESE PEOPLE <br />HAVE RESPONDED TO NUMEROUS CALLS FOR MONEY, TIME AND A GREAT DEAL OF <br />HARD WORK TO PROMOTE THE SAN MIGUEL PROJECT FROM AN IDEA TO AUTHOR- <br /> <br />IZATION IN THE COLORADO RIVER PROJECT STORAGE ACT OF 1968 TO BE CON- <br />STRUCTED CONCURRENTLY WITH THE CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT. <br /> <br />I SPEAK FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE SAN MIGUEL BASIN <br /> <br />WHEN I SAY WE WANT AND NEED THE SAN MIGUEL PROJECT VERY BADLY. IN <br /> <br />1971, A LOCAL GROUP OF PROGRESSIVE CITIZENS, CALLED "PROJECT 2020 <br />