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From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
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Subject: Re: Re: Yay for California!!! (L.A. Water)
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Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 22:49:52 EDT
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In article <398@persci.UUCP> bill@persci.UUCP (William Swan) writes:
>from LA. I was *VERY* surprised to see a sign on the creek nearby  informing
>one and all that that puny little creek (heck, my roof sheds more water in a
>Seattle drizzle!) was *OWNED* by the City of Los Angeles!
>
>I don't remember the exact wording, but it was filled with all sorts of dire
>predictions about what would would happen to you if you so much as filched
>a drop from that creek, or stepped in it, or whatever...  It didn't leave
>me with much in the way of kind thoughts about Losangeles.

When Los Angeles first started getting thirsty, they met with some local
opposition from the locals whose water they were taking. Of course, the
Department of Water and Power offered compensation but some felt it wasn't
adequate and some just wanted to keep what they had. But LA couldn't let
such problems stand in the way of their right to wash their cars, so they
learned how to use force, first to take the water, and then to keep it.
At the beginning they had trouble with their pipes being sabotaged. But
they learned how to "take care" of those responsible. Signs such as you
saw are probably left over from those times. I suspect those "dire 
predictions" were minor compared with what actually happened to those who 
opposed the Department. I am sure no one was treated any worse than
the American Indians were treated by the US Department of the Interior.
-- 
 We changed Coke again. hee hee

 Phil Ngai (408) 749-5720
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