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<br /> <br />fJ.rj"S?) <br />(i.., <br /> <br />DENVER WATER BOARD <br /> <br />1. "The people of Denver, as d.istinguished from the entire metropolitan <br />area. will have water coming out their ears in the year ZOlO even if there are. <br />no further developments in the system at all. 11 <br />-James Ogilvie, Secretary-Manager <br /> <br />CAPITAL. IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT <br /> <br />2. lIThe Water Board should eliminate from any bonding proposal, until the <br />Parsons Brinkerhoff study has been received and submitted for public comment, <br />(in June, 1974) any major West Slope diversion projects." <br />-Recommenda.:tion #-5. May 23. 1973 <br /> <br />THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN 'NEWS <br /> <br />3. IlA tour of high mountain streams near Winter Park confirmed that-the <br />(Denver) Water Board dried up some streams completely." <br />-September 9. 1973, page 8. <br /> <br />GOVERNOR IS ASSISTANT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAffiS AND PLANNING <br /> <br />4. "While I am not speaking for the Governorls office, I am personally opposed <br />to .tli~ Denver water bond proposal !o.,.- the reason that the Denver Water Board has <br />ample wate"r to serve the City of. Denve;r. \Vater is increasingly a matter of state <br />concern. II -John Bermingham, at Club 20 Water Section meeting in Lake City, <br /> <br />September 15, 1973. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />G <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />D~NVER_ LEAGQE OF WOMEN VOTERS <br /> <br />5. llWe feel the Denver voter is sophisticated enough to vote separately on the <br />several different proposals included in the Bond Issue. We cannot allow a board <br />of five men to be the" Land Use Commission for the Whole state. If this Bond <br />Issue is not passed, the League of Women Voters, along with'other opposition <br />groups will be morally committed to fight any increase in rates which will be <br />used to financ.e a project that the voters have twice rejected. <br />I1In asking for this particular Bond Issue. which includes transmountain <br />diversion and possible unplanned growth patterns, the Denver Water Board has <br />rejected a majority of the knowledgeable citizens input as well as the considered' <br />opinion of their own staff. <br />HWe urge Denver voters to defeat this Bond issue." <br />-September 13. 1973 statement <br /> <br />COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE MINORITY LEADER <br /> <br />6. liThe diversion of water in order to satisfy the rising population projections <br />only makes certain that those projections actually occur, and I donlt think that's <br />the way to plan for the future.)1 -Rep. Tom Farley. Pueblo, minority leader <br />candidate for governor, Monirose Daily Press interview, September 21. 1973. <br /> <br />FOR:MER LT. GOV; MARK HOGAN <br /> <br />7. "In my opinion, the majority of people in Denver recognize the water bond <br />issue as a tool for additional growth, and they donlt want Denver to continue to <br />grow like Topsy. Itls my own feeling that the water bond issue is going to lose." <br />-Mark Hogan. candidate for governor, in Montrose Daily Press interview, <br />Sept. 21, 1973. <br /> <br />"Noteworthy Quotations" <br />:J:,'"'- - <br />