LETTER: Response to Ken Eyring on Water Sustainability

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This letter is in response to a letter written by Windham resident Ken Eyring last week,

By John Diefenbach

Mr. Eyring raises many interesting points concerning not only who water REALLY belongs to, but the use of a [so-called] Survey Monkey that apparently raises questions that, in turn, questions the integrity of such a survey. 

As far as the wording of several statements:

“Water is a state resource that belongs to the people – it needs to be worked on at that level.”

“Need to develop a collective sense of accountability for a resource so that people comprehend that sustainability can only be achieved with all working together.”

These statements, unfortunately, resemble those of some societies that still exist, although one of them, one commonly referred to as the USSR, has somewhat changed it's form of government...albeit slightly.

The terms: "...belongs to the people..." and "...collective..." [Oh, I love that last one] were [are?] favorites that same Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), that are now shared with Cuba, North Korea, China and a few other assorted "states'.

I thank Mr. Eyring of Windham, NH, for making me, and others, aware of this and I will be following the activities of the Water Sustainability Commission closely...very closely.

Respectfully,

John Diefenbach

Mason, NH