Sacramento Meditations, Part II. From the Satellite the Central Valley is on Farm (Revised), 1976-77

Part II From the Satellite the Central Valley is on Farm

Revised version of Sacramento Meditations for exhibition at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts and MFA Chicago in 1980** Or is it original?

II FROM THE SATELLITE THE CENTRAL VALLEY IS ON FARM

WERE THEY "VISIONARY" PLANNERS INGENIOUSLY
USING MODERN TECHNOLOGIES TO SECURE THE
INHABITANTS OF CALIFORNIA FROM FLOOD AND
DRAUGHT HAVE CONTROLLED THE FLOW OF
WATER IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY DEVELOPING A
COMPREHENSIVE INTERCONNECTED ARRAY OF
RESERVOIRS DAMS POWER STATIONS PUMPING
STATIONS DITCHES AND CANALS TO IRRIGATE
THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND TO SEND WATER
OVER THE ТЕНАСНАPPI MOUNTAINS TO THE
METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT IN THE SOUTH
CREATING THE LARGEST IRRIGATION SYSTEM
IN HISTORY GENERATING AN EIGHT BILLION
DOLLAR INDUSTRY THAT SUPPLIES FOOD AND
FIBER TO THE STATE THE NATION AND THE
WORLD

AN IMPROBABLE PROFITABLE EXPANDABLE SYSTEM
WERE THEY "TECHNOCRATIC" PLANNERS SUBSI-
DIZED BY THE TAXPAYERS OF THE NATION AND
IN HIDDEN INTEREST GIFTS BY THE STATE AT
THE EXPENSE OF NONIRRIGATED FARMING ELSE-
WHERE PRIMARILY FOR THE PROFIT OF A FEW
LARGE LANDHOLDERS AND AGRIBUSINESS HAVE
TURNED THE ENTIRE WATERSHED OF THE CEN-
TRAL VALLEY INTO ONE LARGE IRRIGATION SYS-
TEM SERVING OVER SIX AND ONE HALF MILLION
ACRES COMPOSED OF DAMS THAT BECOME USE-
LESS THROUGH SILTING A PUMPING SYSTEM THAT
WILL USE MORE ENERGY THAN IT CREATES AND
A DYKING SYSTEM THAT REQUIRES ONGOING
REPAIR THAT IN CONCERT REDUCE THE
QUALITY AND LONG TERM PRODUCTIVITY OF
BOTH THE LAND AND THE WATER THROUGH PRO-
GRESSIVE SALINIZATION
AN ENERGY-EXPENSIVE SELF-CANCELLING SYSTEM