Dredging up old news!

Can someone please explain it to us?
OK, our Congressman John Campbell is beating the bushes,
afraid of every ear mark in recorded history. It was so
bad he says ...that he had to add two ear marks last year
just to get part of the money allocated so we could
Dredge the back bay! After he got some
money allocated ...now the Congress won't give
him all the money, because of budget shortfalls.
"What a tale of woe!" ....as mom used
to say! Ridiculous!

Then there's our old pal Homer Bludau, our great City Manager
...who believes we should be taking over the lower bay from the
Feds...so that we can what? Go to the County, Go to the State?
Go to Mother Teresa for funding? None of them are going to give
us anything ... are they?

So, let's find some simple answers, if we can. Do we have a
bay? Do we need to nearly annually dredge this outlet from San
Diego Creek in order to keep the silt and sand from building up
to the point that the waterway becomes unnavigable? Do we need
to hire a Dredge Company that can do the work and take that silt
and sand out to sea? Is this not an on-going City Expense?
Shouldn't we be allocating part of the City Budget or including
any Grant or Federal Money into the annual budget for this
expense?

Why is this process such a big surprise....and why do we have
to re-educate the politicians, the bureaucrats and the citizens
every time it rains and silt comes down San Diego Creek? Why
was it possible...that since 1918 when the breakwater was put
in place that created the Wedge....we have had silt build-up
around our various islands and sludge well into the Back Bay
near Jamboree and Mac Arthur Blvd. For those that forget...
before the build-out of Orange County...we had Orange trees
and Orange Groves. That helped reduce the silt and sand and
trash that came down San Diego Creek. We even had a Salt Mine
next to Jamboree Road and Bristol. Then came the giant build
out and explosion of new homes in Orange County...whoops....
here come the crud...here comes the crud! The Salt Mine left
town and it was Dredge time!

Our issue is simple....who is responsible? When are they going
to fix it? Why is this a recurring problem? This is not Space
Science...is it? Either the State is required by the Feds to
keep the waterway open....or it isn't. Either the City sets
aside monies each year for the Dredging process or it doesn't.
In any regard, we better catch on.....otherwise we will be here
Dredging up old news again....next year!

Ear Marks? No, a Dredge..with pumps please! Which should in
fact be taking that stuff out five miles not three...but that
is a different story! Now, can we get on with it?