User:Doubting Daisy

I am proud of our California Governor Schwarzenegger for standing up against the EPA regarding the Emission Control Standards our state wants to enact. We must help preserve our environment but where & when did we (citizens) loose control of the entire issue of approving EPA ideas? This agency we so loosely allow free rein of in their collective judgments has crossed the line of common sense & has moved into a monarchical yardstick.The EPA's research projects carry on for years at our expense all while providing job security for those employed. Then to produce a decision to spend billions of dollars to protect snakes or crawdads prove their balanced decision making skills have vanished. Our waterways have filled with debris from lack of maintenance & overflow more often than in all of recent history. Enstead of regular maintenance of the rivers, EPA only allows building of levees to control the water flows. You might ask yourself why? When dredging of the rivers has multiple rewards to its effect. The two main effects are: provides a deeper pathway for channeling the water's flow; it also provides more habitat space for aquatic life. Besides, allowing commercial commerce to boat in would relieve much of the road wear & tear. Dredging of the rivers makes sense; maybe that is why EPA has not chosen to permit it.