Governor calls on Obama to intervene on Mexico’s debt
Gov. Rick Perry has formally requested President Barack Obama intervene in the water dispute between the United States and Mexico.
Perry on Tuesday sent a letter to Obama stating that without direction from the White House and the State Department, Texans along the Rio Grande will continue to suffer because of Mexico’s refusal to abide by the 1944 water treaty.
“Without the federal government’s intervention, some Texas communities in the Lower Rio Grande Valley could be facing critical water shortages within 60 days,” Perry writes. He urges both Obama and the State Department immediately work with Mexico to ensure it lives up to the terms of the treaty.
Perry states that although the International Boundary and Water Commission, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and his office have been working on the water issue since last fall, “the state of Texas is not receiving the support from your administration that is needed to obtain our water from Mexico.”
More at http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/article_cc2848e0-a184-11e2-b93d-001a4bcf6878.html .
[font color=green]Oops, so the governor wants federal assistance? 
It's about time to call another meeting to pray for rain.[/font]
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