Locals Should Pay for Creek Dam
I was surprised to read in “Rains Revive San Juan Creek Dam Idea” (April 14) that the San Juan Basin Authority is hoping to obtain $40 million from the federal government for its dam project, with the help of Rep. Ron Packard (R-Carlsbad).
I hope that Rep. Packard, as a conservative Republican, will say to them that they should pay for the project themselves.
A project of this nature, the purpose of which is to benefit a particular segment of the population, should not be paid for by the national, or even the state, government.
If the local population does not want it badly enough to pay the bills, it should not be built.
COLIN L. WHIPPLE, La Habra
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