Commentary: Power Play by Area Legislators, Farmers Could Intensify Salinas River Flooding
From The Salinas Californian, in a commentary by Steve Shimek:
“It is ironic that Friday’s press conference by Senator (Anthony) Canella, Assemblyman Luis Alejo, Supervisor (Simon) Salinas, and some area farmers was held on the bank of the Salinas River at Hilltown Road (near Highway 68). Until 1889, this was the site of the Hilltown Ferry, a ferry that moved people and supplies across a much different Salinas River (the county charged 25 cents per horse and buggy).”
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