HomeVideo Archive2022-10-08 The 18th Annual CWAG Candidates Forum for Legislative District 1

The 18th Annual CWAG Candidates Forum for Legislative District 1 was held Saturday, October 8 at 10:00 am via Zoom.  There are six candidates competing for seats in the AZ House and Senate.

The Questions and reference material were sent to the Candidates in advance.  You can read them from this link.  You can also read Eleven Reasons to Protect the Verde, which is relevant to the forum.

Participating candidates were:
Ken Bennett and Mike Fogel for one Senate seat
Selina Bliss, Cathy Ransom and Neil Sinclair for two House seats.  Quang Nguyen did not participate.

Tags: water, Prescott, Citizens Water Advocacy Group, CWAG, Verde River groundwater pumping

DAILY DROPLET

  • "Ranchers need clean water for their stock, farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business, and every living thing needs it for life... The law needs to be clear to protect water quality and the rights of landowners."
    Mark Udall

  • "Water is the driver of Nature."
    Leonardo da Vinci

  • "When the well is dry, we know the worth of water."
    Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1746

  • "...and since flow of information is to spirit what water is to life, we'd best think about how to keep the pipes free and unclogged."
    Raphie Frank

  • "In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference."
    Rachel Carson

  • "We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one."
    Jacques Yves Cousteau

  • "Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water."
    Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, 1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine

  • "Water is everywhere and in all living things; we cannot be separated from water. No water, no life. Period..."
    Robert Fulghum

  • "It's the water. Everything is driven by the water."
    Mike Thompson

  • "Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over."
    Mark Twain