EDITORIAL : WAS THIS TRIP NECESSARY?Taxpayers have come to expect and even approve a certain number of perks for elected officials so long as the perks pertain to pertain to verb relate to, concern, refer to, regard, be part of, belong to, apply to, bear on, befit, be relevant to, be appropriate to, appertain to the job. For example, it is not unreasonable for board members of the Castaic Lake Castaic Lake is a lake on Castaic Creek formed by Castaic Dam, in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, near the town of Castaic. The 323,700 acre foot lake (399,000,000 m³) is the terminus of the West Branch of the California Aqueduct, though some comes from the 154 mi² Water Agency to travel to Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern at taxpayer expense to tour water treatment facilities from Sacramento to Bakersfield so that they can have a better understanding of the State Water Project. But when the agency handpicks more than two dozen community representatives to take such a trip, and invites their spouses to go along, that's going entirely too far - and we're not simply talking about the distance between Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, and the Oroville Dam, either. Businesses everywhere are cutting back on travel expenses, especially for trips (like this one) that have an R&R element. It's time for the water agency to show the same restraint. |
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