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San Joaquin County, CA | June 3, 2008 Election |
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"Epiphany"By Woody Roe AlspaughCandidate for Mayor; City of Stockton |
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Ways to save the Delta. Also; new story: "Fuel""Epiphany" Notes: Wilkerson, landfill, fallow, (in summer-fill). One parcel, ("Island"). Fill whith water allowing free flow of fresh water, dam preventing back flow from tide, in late winter, after no chance of flood. To be used as a flood control if needed. Let water stand for one year. Repeat the same whith another parcel. Must do much work, research and investigation, (land-fill). These are my notes. . + Electric, money/ greed- I just learned that up to 20% of electricity used here in the valley goes to water pumps. I had forgotten that "farmers" hate to irrigate, not because of the saving of water, but that it cost money to operate the pumps, not to mention the pumps that are used to ship our Delta water south! (You can always tell where there is a water pump out in the country, just look for electric poles whith three wires. You see, they all use three phase motors). Mr. Wilkerson and Sunny Rd. Stockton is the bottom of an old swamp. Sunny road is below sea level. Mater of fact it was the bottom of the swamp, therefore the soil is Adobe, which, in the hot and dry summer months, become a cracked waste land, except it is not waste but some of the most fertile soil in the world. At first, water was available about 5 to 6 feet deep as were the, up to 3' crakes in the Adobe, and then there was the "hard pan". (Note; I know this is poor writing-but-) Mr. Wilkerson's place was at the start of the road. He collected all the garbage from all the people on Sunny Road, except for us as we had four acres and had dug a big hole in which to throw away all the "garbage", (to which, my brother and I used it for a sess pool, at that time there was no services, used it to raise the ground level, paved it over and then made a "Trailer Park". That is how I got the idea how to raise the ground level of the Delta! Now let us take e a look as what is "garbage"? All past and present life, man, animal and plants, are a "bio" hydrocarbons. In other words, molecules of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. No matter what it is, egg shells, fruit peels, paper and yes even "Tin" cans, (not bio, but iron, which is a valuable element in the creation of living things). Not to mention grass clippings and tree/ bush trimming. Therefore, soil is what everything is made, (of), "Bio". It may even possible not to have to remove the soil in order to recover the land, but mix it in the present soil. "Epiphany" part 11 I have devised a new term to name "Mother Nature". Some one might object to the word "God" and good is too simple/ or broad, so I will compromise and call it GUD, (yes I know). Delta, chapter 1 To which I will start, I will follow what Gud has provided. All that has to be done is to follow the river, (main shipping channel), whith exceptions as to straiten out some of the curves, (of the river). On un, (one), side will be built a new train trestle/ track. On the other side shall be constructed an access road. More than likely, a strait section, (of the channel), will be the first place in which to start. Then, (I will find out how deep the "peat" soil goes), dig down, removing the ground, stockpiling it to be replaced upon the "fill", which will consists of "refuge". Then replacing the soil, back on top of the fill, to approximately 6' below sea level. Then construct a reinforced concrete barrier to shore up the levee(s). Then this area will be flooded to be kept as a semi wild preserve. Fuel
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