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Richard and Judy Panek talked it over and decided the facts have led them to change their minds. They want to vote again. The Frazier Park Pubic Utility District said they can do that, and explained how. [photo by Patric Hedlund, The Mountain Enterprise]
By Patric Hedlund, TME
Richard and Judy Panek had already voted ‘no’ on the question of whether Frazier Park should annex Lake of the Woods to form a regional water district. Then they changed their minds.
They went to the information meeting hosted by the Frazier Park Public Utility District on March 31.
“We moved here two years ago,” Judy Panek said. Her husband had been a building inspector in…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)
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Above: “We changed our minds,” Richard and Judy Panek said. As they read the hand-outs, saw the charts and listened to consultants at the March 31 meeting about the water system annexation, they learned they had jumped to conclusions and cast their vote without having the facts. They asked, “Can we vote again?” The answer is ‘yes.’ Below left: Civil Engineer Dee Jaspar shows a chart prepared by The Mountain Enterprise from data generated by his firm’s water supply study. It analyzes the ability of the Cuddy Canyon Groundwater Sub Basins beneath Lake of the Woods and Frazier Park to sustain regional water needs. After a 10-year drought scenario with minimal rainfall, 68% of the water supply is still retained, his data shows.
Above: “I’m not much of a big government guy,” said Bob Conner, ‘but this is a no-brainer. We owe you people, this board, gratitude for all your work.’ Conner owns Lake of the Woods Mobile Village and plans to join the regional water system.
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