FNC Evening News for Saturday, Feb 14, 2004
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(Studio: Rick Folbaum) Report introduced.
(Rocky Ford, Colorado: Alicia Acuna) The controversy surrounding the water lease bill in Aurora, Colorado, featured; details given about farmers from the Arkansas River Valley who have made a deal with the government in Aurora for the sale of water to the town that has been in a drought stage for years, the claim that this deal will dry out the surrounding land and other towns that depend on that water, and the difficult realities of farm life that have forced people to stop farming and sell their water supplies to communities for municipal use. [Citizen Bob RAWLINGS†- says the deal will decimate the valley.] [Farmer Ron ASCHERMANN†- says higher farming costs make it easy to get your back up against the wall with banks.] [Aurora Public Utilities Peter BINNEY†- comments on Aurora’s water shortage and claims that the majority of water will still be available for agriculture.]
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