By Mary Alice Murphy
At the Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2013 meeting of the New Mexico Central Arizona Project Entity, in addition to hearing presentations from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Interstate Stream Commission, several items of business, old and new, were addressed to keep the Entity moving forward.
Darr Shannon, NM CAP Entity president, called for public comment. Aaron Sera, Deming city manager, asked that "we do not allow any personal attacks on members or anyone in the audience."
The first to speak was Ronnee-Sue Helzner, Pinos Altos resident. "I agree that the best use of high flows of the Gila River is in New Mexico. I understand water rights. But I disagree that the CAP Entity is the best use of Arizona Water Settlements Act funding.”