"The expected showdown intensifies between the Obama administration -- which, as promised, has been cleaning up the cozy relations between lobbyists and key goverment agencies -- and the Schwarzenneger administration (and state water agencies that are pushing for more exports, the canal and dams)" - Robert Johnson, Jr.

By Mike Taugher mtaugher@bayareanewsgroup.com
September 5, 2009 --As lawmakers prepared for a weekendlong sprint toward an elusive fix for the state's rickety water system, the Obama administration rejected Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plea for relief from ...(Continued on-line at the Contra Costa Times)