CTNS SCRIPTS
CAPITOL TELEVISION NEWS SERVICE
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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1. BUDGET BALANCE RAID? VO/SOT
2. FARM WORKERS WANT WATER VO/SOT
3. BALLOT MEASURES POSTED VO/SOT
2. FARM WORKERS WANT WATER VO/SOT
LIVE:
ABOUT 300 FARM WORKERS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS RALLIED AT THE CAPITOL TODAY, BACKING EFFORTS TO PLACE THE GOVERNOR'S NINE BILLION DOLLAR WATER BOND ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. WATER SHORTAGES AND FORCED CUTBACKS OF WATER ALLOCATIONS HAVE REDUCED THE ACREAGE BEING FARMED IN CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY.
SUPER: TODAY/STATE CAPITOL
VO: (:30)
GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER SPOKE AT TODAY'S RALLY. THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED WATER BOND BALLOT MEASURE HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY DEMOCRATIC U.S. SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN. LAST YEAR, A FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERED THE STATE TO CUT THE AMOUNT OF WATER IT PUMPS FROM THE SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN RIVER DELTA TO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, CITING POPULATIONS DECLINES OF THE DELTA SMELT. BUT THE GOVERNOR'S INSISTENCE THAT THE BOND MEASURE INCLUDE MONEY FOR BUILDING NEW DAMS HAS DRAWN OPPOSITION FROM THE DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP. MOST DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS SUPPORT A WATER BOND THAT WOULD INCREASE WATER CONSERVATION AND GROUND WATER STORAGE, BUT OPPOSE THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DAMS, CITING ENVIRONMENTALISTS' CONCERNS.
SUPER: GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER/NO FONT
SOT: (:33)
SAYS: "AND I HAVE WORKED TOGETHER WITH SENATOR FEINSTEIN TO SEND A PROPOSAL TO THE LEGISLATORS TO DO OUR WATER, TO DO OUR COMPREHENSIVE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. JUST TO INSPIRE THE LEGISLATORS ONE MORE TIME, TO INSPIRE THEM AND TO GET IT DONE THIS YEAR. AND JUST TO DO IT, THE REASON I WANTED TO DO IT WITH SENATOR FEINSTEIN, IS TO GET , THE, THE IDEA OUT THERE THAT THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT'S DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS OR INDEPENDENTS OR DECLINE TO STATE, EVERYONE NEEDS WATER, THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE."
VO TAG:
THE GOVERNOR'S BOND PROPOSAL ALSO INCLUDES MONEY FOR A WATER CONVEYANCE SYSTEM TO RESTORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY OF THE SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN RIVER DELTA. THE DELTA SUPPLIES TWO THIRDS OF CALIFORNIA SUPPLY OF FRESH WATER.
EDITOR'S NOTE: DESPITE TODAY'S EVENT BEING BILLED AS A PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE GOVERNOR'S PRESS OFFICE, THE GOVERNOR DELIVERED ONLY PREPARED REMARKS AND TOOK NO QUESTIONS.
EXTRA BITES:
SUPER: GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER/NO FONT
SOT: (:11)
SAYS: "AND I WILL NEVER SIGN A BILL THAT DOES NOT HAVE BELOW THE GROUND AND ABOVE THE GROUND WATER STORAGE.
SOT: (:51)
SAYS: "FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW NOW WE HAVE A DROUGHT, AND AT THE SAME TIME WE SEE THAT THE FEDERAL JUDGE IS REDUCING OUR WATER CONSUMPTION AND PUMPING DELTA WATER THROUGH BY 30 PERCENT. AND OUR RESERVOIRS ARE NOW LOW, 50 PERCENT TO 75 PERCENT LOWER THAN THEY SHOULD BE RIGHT NOW. AND OUR FARMERS ALREADY, AL OF YOU ARE CUTTING BACK, ANMD LETTING FIELDS SIT EMPTY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GUARANTEE ADEQUATE WATER, WHICH MEANS A LOSS OF BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF REVENUES, DEVELOPMENTS CAN'T MOVE FORWARD, PRICES ARE GOING UP ON WATER, AND WE HAVE NOW WATER RATIONING IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT AREAS ALL OVER THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WHEN WILL THEY FINALLY GET IT UPSTAIRS THAT WE SHOULD DO WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, AND BUILD AND CONTINUE ON WITH WHAT WE STARTED IN 2006, WHICH WAS A COMPREHENSIVE REFORM."