Strokes from Other Pens

Letter to the Editor,

This letter is addressed to those who live in or have property in the Frenchman Groundwater Management District. The November Election Ballot includes ballot measure 7B. We are asking voters to allow the Frenchman Groundwater Management Board to seek and retain moneys, or in other words, to “DeBruce.”

The Frenchman Groundwater Management District has never had a lot of cash in reserves for emergencies and has never intended on keeping large sums of money in reserve. However, with dwindling aquifer levels, State regulations and increases in inflation plus general operating...