Tombstone in the News

[Jim Holden]

http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/stossel/blog/2012/05/10/road-serf...

 

I've never been to Tombstone, but it's featured prominently on the John Stossel show, which is airing this weekend on the Fox Business Network.  The town's water problems are featured in a segment detailing how the fire & rain destroyed their water supply and how the environmentalists, through the US Forest Service, are preventing them from rebuilding their water pipelines.

Interesting take on this show (it's not online in  a video yet, but will probably be after this weekend).

[Gold Lady]

I'm sorry, but John Stossel's a jerk.  I can't believe anything he says, since I've heard him lie and give bad info over the years.  So take what he says with a grain of salt. 

[Jim Holden]

We agree to disagree on that, but this story is pretty factual.

[flboots]

How many of the environmentalists live in Tombstone?   I bet most live in Calif. 

[Murray A. Gewirtz]

CNN has a recent, very exhaustive and fairly balanced article on the water fight in Tombstone entitled "Showdown at the H2O Corral." Google that title if you'd like to read it. The lawsuit between the town of Tombstone and the US Forest Service may reach the US Supreme Court.

[Morgan]

If I'm not mistaken, Tombstone has unearthed some very old documents that prove town ownership of the water rights and the course of the pipeline. The US Forest service is backing off and the repairs are underway, however some locals keep sabotaging the line as it is repaired

[Murray A. Gewirtz]

The article I mention above doesn't appear to say that the Forest Service is backing down and repairs are underway---at least not in the mechanized manner that the town desires. The article mentions the vandalism of the water pipes, apparently by some locals who are afraid that large scale pipeline work will destroy the natural beauty of their area. 

[anthony martin]

  Awhile back when Bob and others were discussing a proper restoration of Tombstone I addressed the need first and foremost that the town needed to resolve the water supply problem.As things have stood for awhile there a serious fire would be utterly devastating and no clear thinking individual there should oppose new pipelines whether they compromise the landscape or not.Both the safety of the town's citizens and the historic core are very much at stake.Murray- Here in So. Cal. we're having a "SHOWDOWN AT THE O.J.CORRAL.Developers want to level our remaining orange groves for business and apartment blocks!

[Murray A. Gewirtz]

While I don't know all the arguments of the various sides in the current Tombstone dispute, I would tend to agree that the needs of an existing community for water aught to be paramount. Maybe the Forest Feds think that Tombstonians still only bathe every six months and drink only hard liquor!

[Morgan]

Murray, I drew my conclusions about "backing down" but not quitting from this story in the Tombstone News  April 6, 2012. "Forest Service Won’t Be Closing Road to Dragoon Mountains" Link:

 http://thetombstonenews.com/forest-service-wont-be-closing-road-to-...

[Stan H]

1. Water will become more and more a major issue, both environmentaly and politically.

 

2. Next time you drive through the Redwood forest, tour the Grand Canyon, watch Old Faithfull do it's show in Yellowstone, or breathe fresh air in the Colorado hign country,,,,

 

Thank an environmentlist!