Print View From: "Matthew Loel T. Hepworth" To: Date: Wednesday - September 30, 2009 3:51 PM Subject: Snake Valley Agreement To Whom it May Concern, As I¹m sure you¹re aware, Utah is the 2nd driest state in the country. Water is as dear to Utahns as gold. But it is also true that not all that glitters is gold. Diverting our precious water to a glittering monument to excess and the textbook example unsustainability is wrong. I¹ve lived in Utah all my life and have worked very hard to be a good steward of the water. I understand that it is a finite resource. To squander it is a crime. To treat it with contempt is inexcusable. To trade it like a simple commodity is to declare one¹s own ignorance of it¹s importance. We as Utahns have always worked diligently to conserve. Even Sandy City with its explosion of population and growth has continually reduced its water usage year after year. If Sandy City can do it, so can Las Vegas. But alas, Las Vegas continues to flush it way, dump it on golf courses, and fill manmade fountains, streams, lakes and rivers with it. Bellagio has a grotesque dancing water display that shoots into the air as if to give it¹s neighbors to the Northeast a gigantic middle finger salute. To Las Vegas, water is a mere window dressing used to entice consumers into their den of monstrous overindulgence, bankrupt morality and vacant cultural contribution. Therefore, we should treat our state¹s water with the thoughtful respect that it deserves. They¹re not making any more of it. We¹re truly on our own....and we¹ll die without it. Don¹t sell it to people who only care about it AFTER they¹ve gambled it all away. Sincerely, Matthew Loel T. Hepworth 1343 Ashwood Cir. Salt Lake City, UT 84121-1901