When a Conservative Calls Vista Ridge Manmade Climate Crisis maybe some will listen but it won’t be SAWS or their private partners. Burleson, Milam, Lee and Bastrop countians, come to Post Oak Hearing October 3rd and be heard. It’s your water. Question: What happens SAWS Comes for Water They Don’t Need? Friday’s #GlobalClimateStrike witnessed saw millions take to the streets all around the world demanding action on the world’s climate crisis. Many Texas rallied as well, including a large contingent at[…]
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This “The Impacts and Risks of Vista Ridge” event is sponsored by LIV and the Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund.
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This event, sponsored by the Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund, is an urgently important meeting as the “Siege on the Simsboro” continues. The Simboro is the deep aquifer formation underlying Lee, Bastrop, Burleson and Milam counties. With “mega-permit” demands far outstripping this barely recharging aquifer, the aquifer is clearly endangered. So are property rights of those who own land sitting over the aquifer. If you agree that landowners who do not wish to see their groundwater separated from their land,[…]
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More and more Texans have smelled the coffee that groundwater is more valuable than oil, so why subsidize growth by benefiting water profiteers. We need calls before HB 1066 hits the Senate Floor tomorrow, May 2! FIND YOUR LEGISLATORS HERE Call tonight and leave a message…see the Fact Sheet on this bill below. And ask your family and friends to make a call too! This Fact Sheet prepared by Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance (FARFA) and signed on to by[…]
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Share this 40-sec video starring Griddy from our Facebook page here! A Texas water grid to move masses of groundwater to fuel growth in areas without their own water supply — is all kinda wrong for Texas.
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BEFORE INDEPENDENT’S LOBBY DAY March 5 in Austin (click on Gridzilla for details ) we urge your attendance at these events in Bastrop &/or San Antonio! Not close enough for you to attend? We’ll come to you. Just give us a call at 512-213-4511. ►This Saturday, February 23, 5 to 7 pm, Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund community meeting focuses on the LCRA water grab, at the Bastrop Library, 1100 Church Street. Details here. Keynote speaker, James Murphy, Esq., is[…]
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The Grinch of the year is surely the LCRA. The Lower Colorado River Authority is pushing hard for a redundant and massive water grab of Simsboro water 8 days before Christmas. The move is bad news for all Texans given its potential impact on water policy. In essence, “The California Water Model”, an already proven disaster is proceeding in Texas at the behest of the real estate lobby and their minions on public office. The ancient Simsboro formation of the[…]
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Don’t let the two parties keep us deaf, dumb and blind. Read and share this newsletter. In this LIV Newsletter: ►First Cruz/Beto Debate, Beto Scores Indy Points! ►LCRA Heats Up Water War in Simsboro counties east of Austin! ►Houston, THIS Sunday, Political Independents Conference at UH! (Details here!) ►San Antonio Debate Watch, October 16th. Details TBA. ►San Antonio & Austin City Halls Fight Petitions for Public Votes! First Cruz/Beto Debate, Beto Scores, Both Have Two More Chances! Did you hear[…]
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