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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=kep@cvcwireless.net href="mailto:kep@cvcwireless.net">Dan Keppen</A>
</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=kep@cvcwireless.net
href="mailto:kep@cvcwireless.net">'Dan Keppen'</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 08, 2006 12:11 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> NY Times Article and Responses from the Water User
Community</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Last Friday, as the Family Farm
Alliance annual conference was wrapping up, several people came into the meeting
room, waving copies of the March 3 edition of the New York <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Times.</SPAN></I> On the front cover, just below the
crease, ran a story by Timothy Egan that assessed Jason Peltier’s role at the
U.S. Interior Department (“For Thirsty Farmers, Old Friends at Interior Dep’t”).
Several speakers at the conference expressed anger and dismay at this article,
including Peltier’s boss at Interior, Mark Limbaugh, who sounded support for
Peltier, whose role in the Bush administration was attacked earlier that day in
the New York <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Times</SPAN></I>
article.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“Jason is doing excellent work for
me, professionally and to high standards,” said Limbaugh. “The article in the
New York <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Times</SPAN></I> is a hatchet job
and really bothers me.” <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Peltier is the former manager of the
Central Valley Project Water Association
(CALIFORNIA).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Times</SPAN></I> offered predictable arguments that
Bush Administration cronies are co-opting the democratic process. It is ironic,
but not surprising, that John Leshy, a <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Clinton</st1:City></st1:place> appointee at Interior, is quoted in the
article. While Egan wrings his hands over Peltier’s links with the water user
community, no mention is made of Leshy’s ties to some of the most vocal
anti-farming groups in the country, including the Natural Resources Defense
Council, where he worked for five years, prior to his appointment at Interior.
Further, no mention is made of Leshy’s former role as Special Counsel to Rep.
George Miller (CALIFORNIA), who is also critical of Peltier’s role in the Times
article. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’ve attached the original NY Times
article to this message. Three relevant and well-written responses from the
water user community are pasted below, authored by former Interior Assistant
Secretary Bennett Raley (COLORADO), Family Farm Alliance president Patrick
O’Toole (WYOMING), and Mike Wade, of the California Farm Water Coalition.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dan
Keppen<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><U><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></U></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">To:
letters@nytimes.com<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Cc:
murphyd@nytimes.com<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Subject:
March 3rd Page 1 story re "Thirsty Farmers"<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The opening salvo and
basic premise of Timothy Egan's March 3rd article, "For Thirsty Farmers, Old
Friends at Interior Dept." is utterly false. Egan asserts that
Deputy Assistant Secretary Peltier influenced Interior’s decisions on the
renewal of long-term contracts for water in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">I will testify under
oath that this allegation is untrue. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">I was the Assistant
Secretary for Water and Science at Interior from 2001-2004. I was
responsible for supervising the development and analysis of the alternatives for
term, price, and renewal of these contracts, and was personally responsible for
obtaining Departmental approval of the controversial contract provisions. I
am absolutely certain that Mr. Peltier did not influence or make these
decisions, in part because we both thought that was the ethical thing to
do. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Reasonable people can
debate the policy implications of these decisions, but these debates are only
hindered by Mr. Egan’s reckless disrespect for the truth.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Bennett
Raley<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">1120 Lincoln St., Suite
1600</SPAN></FONT></st1:address></st1:Street><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Denver</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">, <st1:State
w:st="on">CO</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">80203</st1:PostalCode></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></U></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">March 6, 2006<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">New York Times<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">229 West
43<SUP>rd</SUP> Street</SPAN></FONT></st1:address></st1:Street><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">New
York</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">,
<st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">10036-3959</st1:PostalCode></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">To the Editor:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Timothy Egan (“For Thirsty Farmers, Old Friends at
Interior Dep’t”, Mar. 3) misses the point. He criticizes Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Water and Science Jason Peltier for reviewing an environmental
restoration fund. Egan implies that Peltier, formerly employed by the
affected water users association, will not make an honest assessment. He
ignores the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, requiring multi-million
dollar annual payments for fish AND providing for review and possible payment
reductions.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Such appointees are often drawn from related
industries. Egan acknowledges that environmental lobbyists often fill such
posts. He quotes <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Clinton</st1:City></st1:place> appointee John Leshy, but doesn’t
mention Leshy’s ties to vocal anti-farming groups with a dubious history of
rural depopulation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Anti-farming sentiment is the real point. Farmers
are not “thirsty.” They grow food and fiber for <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>. This water is under
pressure for urban growth and perceived environmental needs. Food, like
oil, is a domestic security concern. Personal attacks on those who share
these concerns are not warranted.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Patrick O’Toole<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">President, Family Farm <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Savery, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Wyoming</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><U><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></U></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">California</SPAN></FONT></B></st1:State></st1:place><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Farm Water Coalition<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">717 K Street, Suite
417</SPAN></FONT></st1:address></st1:Street><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sacramento</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">95814</st1:PostalCode></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic">New York
Times<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">March 3, 2006<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Editor,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Critics of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place> farm water will use any excuse to
cast a shadow on an industry that provids the food and fiber demanded by a
consuming public. The recent story---For Thirsty Farmers, Old Friends at
Interior Dept.—is a classic example. Critics use the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place> water
experience of Jason Peltier as a reason why he should not be involved in
deciding that state’s water issues while serving at the Interior
Department. Yet, it is this same experience that qualifies Peltier to do
the job. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Why won’t critics accept the word of Peltier’s superiors
at Interior that his involvement provides valuable background; yet, final
decisions are made elsewhere. Why won’t critics accept the fact that
officials who determine conflicts of interest and ethics violations have given
Peltier a clean slate.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Why? I’ll tell you why…these critics don’t care
about the truth. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Mike Wade, Executive
Director<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">717 K Street, Suite
417</SPAN></FONT></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Sacramento</SPAN></FONT></st1:City></st1:place>,
Ca 95814<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">(916) 441-7723<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
href="mailto:mwade@farmwater.org">mwade@farmwater.org</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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