Retired Machinist and Woodworker

"The genesis of my current activism and participation in W.A.T.E.R. sprang from my outrage at the 2000 election combined with my anti-war beliefs that resurfaced from this country’s response to 9/11.  The disingenuous actions of corporations and governments that W.A.T.E.R.’s work has revealed have been greatly motivating and, along with the solidarity and growing friendships in W.A.T.E.R., keep me committed to our endeavor."

Retired, formerly on Faculty at the University of Michigan Medical Center, Departments of Surgery and Biological Chemistry

“I believe that grass roots efforts are the only thing that will bring positive change.  I am deeply inspired by the dedicated and talented people in the W.A.T.E.R. core leadership team and others who work with and support us.”

Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of Michigan

“My political perspective is the glue that holds together and sustains all the political work in which I have been involved over many decades. This fundamental problem of private corporate power, of course, goes far beyond any local issues in the rural Mt. Shasta area.  But even our small region sees the shadow of a system based on concentrated private wealth, in the form of a multinational pharmaceutical company trying to privatize water resources here without regard to environmental or community concerns.”