Whose side is this guy on?

Can't we find aregular Pasadena citizen to represent us on the MWD Board?

Tim Brick who's s'posed to represent Pasadena on the Municipal Water District Board doesn't do SHIT for us in Pasadena, but he sure loves the MWD bureaucracy.

Does this read like a company dude defending the company line, or what?

Did Timothy support the call to cut union contracts at MWD? Did Timothy ever vote to stop rate hikes? Did Timothy camp in the San Gabriels with Yakkin' Larry or Rick (Sure I'm Ethical) Cole? Is this guy screwing us sideways or standing up?

From the S-Nooze:

Tim Brick: Era of cheap water is over
By Timothy F. Brick
Posted: 05/23/2009 07:04:30 AM PDT

For the first time in 18 years, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California will not deliver full supplies of imported water to its 26 member agencies in our six-county service area, including the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District.

Our supplies are down after three below-average years of rainfall and tightening environmental restrictions for our supplies from Northern California delivered to us through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. And our costs are up, primarily from coping with the problems in the Delta, such as paying to find replacement water at high market prices.

Our situation is hardly unique. Climate change and environmental challenges are driving fundamental changes to water planning throughout the arid Southwest. Overall, we will be using less water and paying more for it along the way. The era of cheap water is coming to an end.

What is achievable for Southern California, however, is a reliable, sustainable and reasonably priced water supply. This means investing now in our future, while watching closely the bottom line along the way.

The main reason for increased cost is the Delta, where we get more than half of Metropolitan's water; our other imported source is the Colorado River. Metropolitan's job is to import these supplies and distribute them to our member agencies. Some, like Upper San Gabriel and the city of Pasadena, have groundwater supplies of their own. The goal is to plan for a
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future as a region and deal with times of shortage in as fair and equitable a way as possible.

The Delta, where the rivers from the western Sierra merge before heading toward San Francisco Bay, is a fragile and deteriorating ecosystem. As fish populations decrease, court rulings and new regulations have restricted the movement of water supplies that move across the Delta.

The only way to create a reliable water system in the Delta is to help restore and stabilize the ecosystem and to reduce conflicts between the movement of water supplies and the natural tidal patterns of the estuary. This will cost in the billions of dollars. Planning costs alone will exceed $100 million. But to say no to investing in the Delta's future and that of a more reliable water supply is simply not an option. The environment and California's economy depend on it.

Metropolitan is looking more and more to local sources to create a diverse, reliable water system. Efforts by Metropolitan and our member agencies are under way to conserve more water, including increased water recycling programs and expanding the desalination of seawater. But these programs cost money.

Metropolitan's board has deferred nearly a quarter-billion dollars in needed capital projects while reducing annual spending by more than $70 million on initiatives that are not absolutely essential. But, of course, all ongoing projects and facilities needed to deliver safe, reliable water are fully funded.

Metropolitan doesn't tell local water districts how to charge for water. Sophisticated tiered structures exist that can save money for those who conserve. That said, for a typical Southern California consumer, water costs about three pennies for 10 gallons of some of the world's safest tap water. It's a bargain. So are the investments to ensure your tap never runs dry and that Southern California has a sustainable, reliable water system for today ... and tomorrow.

Timothy F. Brick is chairman of the board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. He represents the city of Pasadena.

The real lie is thelast line. This guy doesn't represent me, he represents the MWD unions and H20crats.

D.