Election 2020: Last Chance to Stop Poseidon – Vote Seckel, Patterson, Ereth, Schneider, Elliot, and Beard
Poseidon Resources wants to buy control of Orange County's water supply districts. Vote for these candidates to stop Poseidon. ...
Election 2020: MWDOC Candidate Stacy Taylor Punted for Mesa Water’s $89 Monthly Desal Tax Proposal
In 2015, Stacy Taylor, Poseidon's water board candidate, punted for Mesa Water's proposed $1,000 yearly desal tax....
Election 2020: Karl Seckel for Municipal Water District of Orange County
For my small part in the effort to bring sanity to Orange County politics, and to prevent the financialization of our local water boards by...
Conservation Vs. Ocean Desalination: Dual Water Board Director is Poseidon’s Point Man
Shawn Dewane of Costa Mesa is the free-marketeer point man for Poseidon Resources, the water dealer that wants to combine public and private funds to...
The Ideological War Behind Poseidon’s Proposed Desalination Plant
Underlying the long-running battles between proponents and opponents of the proposed Poseidon Resources ocean desalination plant is an ideological war between two roughly defined factions:...
Mesa Water On Conservation: In Cuba Maybe, But Not Here
To the five elected directors of the Mesa Water District, conservation is a Trojan horse, unleashing Cuban-style authoritarianism, drop by drop....
Was $290,000 Mesa Water PR Fee Worth It? Looking Back to May 2013
Amidst criticism in the press, the Mesa Water District‘s elaborate public relations program, along with its “branding” effort in particular, seems to have backfired ...
Mesa Water Weeds Out Terrorists and Unwanted Journalists: Looking Back to 2013
Controlling the media and deciding which journalists are “credible” and “factual”, is not the usual job of government in a democracy, but is apparently part...
Bad Branding: Mesa Water District’s Marketing Scheme Backfires: Looking Back to 2013
Lately, the people who act like they own the Mesa Water District, namely its five-member board of directors, general manager, and communications manager, have been...
Mesa Water: ‘Plz Don’t Circulate this Story!’ Looking Back to 2013
Standing over me , dour faced, Director Fisler snapped a couple of photos of me holding my doughnut on a plate and kindly offering it...