“Chances are, we're going to break a levee before we reach those flows. We haven't seen levels like this since 1997, and these are significant levels on the lower San Joaquin River.”
“We had a deficit and could no longer afford to do what we have been doing. Last year, we laid several employees off. In 2006, we're no longer in deficit spending mode, but we've lost critical programs and services, so now we'll ask the voters to change that.”
