Good for Baker. I sometimes get sick of him voicing seemingly everything (that Nolan North isn’t already doing), but if he’s standing up for his principles and supporting his union people, I’ve got more respect for him now.

Exactly. It’s interesting how the article starts by blaming the water-saving enthusiasts, yet just a little further reading shows that the farmers themselves accept the blame for precisely the reason you mention.

See also: oil

This crash had literally (and I mean that in the old fashioned way, not the new fangled “sometimes means figuratively” way) nothing to do with internet outrage and 100% was caused by overplanting on the heels of overly high prices.