tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048201045566969374.post8098748024737956082..comments2023-09-24T04:17:59.623-07:00Comments on Baker County Blog: Predators and Cows--Which Threatens You?Christopher Christiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12346614913730337110noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048201045566969374.post-29208213251412958632009-11-24T10:04:09.296-08:002009-11-24T10:04:09.296-08:00Thanks Brian--Good to read your comments.
We can ...Thanks Brian--Good to read your comments.<br /><br />We can only hope you are right about population, but we can't under estimate human ingenuity when it comes exploiting water resources. In California, Nevada, and elsewhere they have found a way to move water hundreds of miles from its source and to pump aquifers nearly dry.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to the results of the Census--especially households (as opposed to people) for Baker County.<br /><br />An e-news paper perhaps? Maybe bullet proof windows for me, not sure how you will be able to keep the Feds from dragging you off--Maybe Steve Culley has some tips?<br /><br />Chris<br />PS Re did the blog this morning--Who's afraid of the big, bad cow?Christopher Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12346614913730337110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048201045566969374.post-51151345117626496542009-11-24T08:13:28.535-08:002009-11-24T08:13:28.535-08:00Chris, Growth in Baker City is a complicated issue...Chris, Growth in Baker City is a complicated issue. Most people who have lived here for several generations and most who hold influence don't want any growth. Baker City and County is a nice place for people to retire and for several generations of people who have very little to still have a high quality of life for much less money than it would cost to have a crummy quality of life just about anywhere else in the country.<br />Besides, the city water and sewer systems cap the growth Baker City at 17,000. It would cost at least $10 million to upgrade the water system, and good luck getting Baker City voters to help pay for another water system improvement after the shenanigans of the 80s. The money would have to come from the help of the federal government.<br />And, the population estimation issue is interesting as well. When PSU estimated that Baker City was over 10,000 population, Baker City was then required to fulfill certain obligations to the state including the update of the city's Comprehensive Plan. When it appeared to me that the city management was using the PSU estimate to push a certain agenda, I contacted PSU to ask questions about their statical methods and I never did receive adequate answers to my questions. I worked on the Census in 2000 and I remembered the count was less than 10,000. One more thing about population; if the 2010 determines that Baker City has just barely climbed over 10,000, as the PSU estimate indicates, that is because of the 625 inmates at Powder River Correctional Facility, as they are counted as residents in the census count. I could go on. We should start a newspaper - who do you think would be shot first, you or me? I know, you'd be shot by a local and I'd be carted away under some 'dangerous' label by the federal government.<br />Brian AddisonForest Access for Allhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05230796255414881476noreply@blogger.com