Water District’s Spurious ‘Ad Hoc’ Committee Pushes Billion-Dollar Desal Project
California law says that the OCWD belongs to the people, but some board members think it's all theirs....
OCWD Board Blocks Poseidon Study & Misleads State Commission
The OCWD board has precluded its staff from reporting back about project alternatives, instead glibly promising to study them after all but signing a final...
Conservation Vs. Ocean Desalination: False Stats Pushed by Poseidon Advocate
“Contrary to popular belief,” Dewane claimed, “conservation does not come for free and in fact, prices have risen enough because of demand reduction [during the...
Conservation Vs. Ocean Desalination: Poseidon’s Point Man Spins Alternative Water Facts
The Mesa Water District and the Orange County Water District’s dual board member, Shawn Dewane, loves to spin alleged factoids comparing conservation as a water...
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...
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...
Mesa Water Directors’ Plot to Remove Trudy Ohlig-Hall from Office: Looking back to 2012
Mesa board members Shawn Dewane and James Fisler are hoping for a knock-out punch against fellow board member Trudy Ohlig-Hall in tomorrow’s election (Nov. 6)...
Does Mesa Water care what you think?: Looking Back to 2012 with Afterthoughts
Stung by Cook’s rebuke of his rude interruption, Bockmiller quipped, sarcastically, “Thank you very much, Ms. Cook."...