The verdict is still out on what the heck an AHRI is, but, after several readings, it seems harmless enough, carries few, if any, strings and might be a boon to our valley. So Buck was probably acting on his conscience when he yanked the rug out from under our river. But environmental activists cried foul. So did many moderates. They pointed out that the Santa Clara is the last wild river in Southern California and that perhaps we shouldn't be so flippant with a river that carries the same name as both our city and the valley that surrounds it.
Divergent passions come up in even a small community.
Ideally, you get together. Come on out here. Or, in our pathetic little case, Our Little Chunk Of Dirt. McKeon favors asphalt and Starbucks more than riverbed willows, sycamores, cottonwoods, blackberries and mugwort. There are those in McKeon's office whose mouths oval at the temerity of anyone daring to question their judgment.