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Auburn Dam is the boondoggle that won't die.  First proposed by the
Army Corpse almost 30 years ago, then stopped because it sits right
on an earthquake fault, it has been revived in a particularly odious
form: the so-called dry dam.  That's right, dambuilders plan to spend
$1 billion of our money constructing a dam with no water behind it.
How could this be?  The Army Corpse touts it for flood control, but
this is ridiculous: the largest, most flood-prone fork of the American
river comes in below Auburn Dam; the two forks above Auburn Dam are
already dammed; and inexpensive levy improvements for Sacramento are
being ignored.

Apparently the pork barrel politicians are trying to ram this through
before the November elections.  A Senate bill to fund the dam has been
written, and a similar House bill is being prepared.  Here's what you
can do to stop Auburn Dam:

 o Call Norm Mineta, 408-984-6045, saying that as a taxpayer you are
   outraged that Congress could spend nearly $1 billion on a silly
   dry dam like this, especially considering our huge budget deficit.
   Mineta is Chairman of the House Public Works Committee, and must
   be told that nobody outside the Sacramento construction industry
   wants this dam.

 o Write your Congressional Representative, expressing your opposition
   to Auburn Dam.  Letters are best because your congressperson must
   pretend to sign an reply.

 o Write Senator Alan Cranston, expressing your opposition to Auburn
   Dam.  Seymour is hopeless, don't even bother to write, just hope
   he doesn't get re-elected.  Seymour's opponent, Barbara Boxer, is
   known to be against Auburn Dam.

 o If possible, vote against Congressmen Vic Fazio and Bob Matsui, the
   pork barrel politicians behind the current Auburn Dam proposal.