Time for a break from 5WWF. Lots of stuff to report, but it is almost 2 AM and I have to run a session in 6 hours. So I'll do something about the good ol' Western USA!
How about a White House press release?
President Obama announced that he will name Michael L. Connor, Nominee for Director, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior
Mike Connor has more than 15 years of experience in the public sector including serving as the Counsel to the U.S. Senate and Natural Resources Committee since May 2001. As Counsel, he has negotiated and managed legislation related to water reclamation, Indian lands and energy issues. Connor also directed the Water & Power Subcommittee which has legislative oversight of the Bureau of Reclamation and the US Geological Survey. From 1993 to 2001, Connor served at the Department of the Interior as deputy director and then director of the Secretary’s Indian Water Rights Office. Connor received his J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law, and is admitted to the bars of Colorado and New Mexico. He has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from New Mexico State University.
I have no complaints about this nomination. Mike is a smart guy and a good guy. I wish him the best in a tough job. But I wonder whether he'll be able to do as much at the USBR as he would have been able to do had he remained as a top Senate staffer. He will be missed there.
I bet he's paid his income taxes on time!
So I struck out on Pat Mulroy.
"Many will show the way after the ox cart has overturned." -- Turkish proverb
I am not upset. Mulroy can drive Vegas into the ground, but the entire West would have been just a little too much destruction...
Posted by: David Zetland | Friday, 20 March 2009 at 08:53 AM
This is an odd choice based on the historical selections. Columbia River basin ignored again.
Posted by: groundwaterhegemony | Thursday, 19 March 2009 at 07:22 PM