We should not be turning on each other like a pack of starving wolves. It's so outlandish that it couldn't be valid. We in agriculture need to solve our problems by creating new water storage, not by taking water from each other. You don't help your neighbor if he's pointing a shotgun at you. One thing Westlands needs to understand and understand quickly is that they screwed up big.
Wars alter the future course of the state.
The events now unfolding in the San Joaquin Valley, while early in the conflict, have the makings of a full blown war. The farmers on the west side of the valley have declared battle against their friends to the east. Who will win is anyone's guess. Now the Friant users, among others, are anxiously scratching their heads and wondering aloud why they might have to pay with their families' livelihoods for a problem they did not cause They are angry and justifiably so . Westlands has a history of being aggressive but in the past they merely created adversaries.