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Article: San Joaquin Valley protesters demand water in Concord
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- August 13, 2009
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A demand to increase water supplies in a parched region of the
San Joaquin Valley descended on Rep. George Miller's offices in
Concord on Thursday, as more than 1,000 farmers and farmworkers
arrived by bus to shout for more water at several dozen
counterprotesters.
Farms in the nation's largest irrigation district, on the west
side of the San Joaquin Valley, have seen water supplies cut in
recent years. Tempers boiled Thursday as opposing sides screamed at
each other -- at one point across Waterworld Parkway, a wide road
that leads to a water theme park.
Miller, who was in Southern California, issued a statement that
called the protest shallow.
"Special interests are trying to use stunts ...