aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Sonny’s mixed message on water
Yesterday Gov. Sonny Perdue called the 10% water cutback he ordered was largely symbolic.
What gives?
Throughout this water crisis, every state official of high standing - not just Perdue, but House Speaker Glenn Richardson and Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle as well - has been asked whether overdevelopment is part of the problem.
In each case, the official has said no. Metro Atlanta’s unbounded growth has little or no relationship to the availability of water.
But if you admit that conservation has an impact on water use, then it follows that consumption is an issue that’s more than symbolic. And putting a lid on development would be a next step.
So if you want to keep that growth engine churning, you can’t permit yourself to view conservation as anything more than necessary morale boosting.
UPDATE: Looks like Atlanta businesses are more clued in to the reality than Sonny.
ANOTHER UPDATE: Good news coming for Georgia.
LATER STILL: Not so much.
