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IID unveils water apportionment plan
Staff WriterBRAWLEY — Imperial Irrigation District officials discussed their proposed water apportionment plan with the Imperial Valley group that it will impact the most, the agricultural community. The IID is grappling with how to pay back to the Colorado...Tags: Water Supply
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IID, Garber agree to split
Staff WriterWhether the Imperial Irrigation District has a general counsel has finally been answered, some three months after he was removed from the dais. “Effective after March 15, 2013, the general counsel of the Imperial Irrigation District, Jeff Garber,...Tags: Entertainment, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Gaming, Banking
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Reasons for attorney substitutions unclear
Staff WriterAction taken by the Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors to remove its contract attorney from some of the biggest lawsuits the district is involved in and substitute an attorney not licensed in California raises many questions. Once the...Tags: Laws, Legal Services, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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NAACP seeks to address Imperial Valley's social and economic needs
Staff WriterThe local chapter of the NAACP is regrouping, and it has a purpose. “We need more teen mentoring and after-school programs,” NAACP local chapter President Wallace Phillips said. People oftentimes complain about kids, Phillips said. “...Tags: NAACP
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Our View: IID board wasting no time
With a new president and three new directors, the Imperial Irrigation District board now steps out into the world a much different animal than it has been in quite some years, and it seems to be wasting little time in getting to work. And this quick work...Tags: Elections, Politics
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IID adopts continuing resolution while it reviews 2013 budget
Staff WriterThe Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors adopted a resolution that allows the district to maintain operations and essential services while it reviews the proposed budget for the coming year. The 2013 draft operating budget allocates $438.7...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Budgets and Budgeting
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IID water conservation community to hammer out a conservation resolution
Staff WriterThe newly formed Imperial Irrigation District Water Conservation Committee laid out its concerns at its first meeting Wednesday and agreed to put together a water conservation proposal based on water apportionment. Once written, the proposal will be...Tags: Mexico, Conservation, Agriculture, Water Supply, Environmental Issues
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Water Conservation Advisory Board subcommittee to hammer out water conservation and management proposal
Staff WriterThe Imperial Valley agricultural community may present the Imperial Irrigation District with a proposal within the next 90 days that addresses the many challenges the IID is facing in regard to its overconsumption of water and the necessity to conserve...Tags: Agriculture, Conservation, Water Supply, Environmental Issues
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Officials worry that agriculture community will bear burden of water shortages
Staff WriterGlobal warming and increased demand for water by urban and municipal users make shortages of the Colorado River inevitable, according to a recently-released study by the Bureau of Reclamation and the seven Colorado River Basin states. Population...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Mexico, Finance, Conservation, Water Supply
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Imperial Irrigation District to review its use of outside counsel
Staff WriterThe Imperial Irrigation District’s Board of Directors is starting the new year with a clear mandate: get control of the legal department. In a statement to the public about matters discussed in closed session earlier in the day, IID General Manager...Tags: Litigation, Lawyers, Litigation and Regulation, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Our View: IID's coming-out party
It could be said the annual Colorado River Water Users Association conference in Las Vegas last month was a baptism by fire and a coming-out party all in one. The new-look Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors, a clear mandate from the voters...Tags: Conservation, Water Supply, Environmental Issues, Board of Directors
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New IID board to be sworn in Friday
Staff WriterThree newly elected directors to the Imperial Irrigation District’s Board of Directors will be sworn in Friday. Bruce Kuhn, who previously served on the board, will replace John Pierre Menvielle for Division 2. Steve Benson will replace Stella...
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