Scottsdale will not open water supply to Rio Verde Foothills past Jan. 1

[wackadoo wabbit]

The mayor said it is not the city's responsibility to supply homes that Maricopa County issued permits to while knowing they didn't have a secure source of water.

Hundreds of homes in a rural community near Phoenix are faced with a coming water crisis, and were hoping that Scottsdale would soon announce a holiday miracle.

The city mayor's response? "There is no Santa Claus."

Mayor David Ortega delivered the harsh remark in a recent statement on the city's upcoming water cut-off to Rio Verde Foothills as part of Scottsdale's drought plan. Come Jan. 1, more than 500 homes will no longer have a source of water.

https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/water-wars/water-is-not-a-compassion-game-scottsdale-mayor-city-will-cut-water-off-to-rio-verde-foothills/75-72d1809b-9c68-4b91-97d1-45301328d813

Wow!

For those of us who have been following this story, this is a big deal. I guess I'm not surprised by Scottsdale's action.

What has been surprising me — no, it's more like "astounding me" — is that people have been continuing to buy homes in that development knowing that there wasn't a secure source of water and that Scottsdale was threatening to cut them off. Well, I guess you can't fix stupid.

Is this the official beginning of the water wars?