Battle Rages On Over Fish Die-Off In Chowchilla Neighborhood Lakes

Here’s more from the Sacramento Bee:

“It was so terrible,” said John Campbell, president of the Greenhills Master Association, which is the HOA for the 905-unit Greenhills Estates community. “If this is a case of weaponizing something to the extent that you’re going to murder fish on a large scale to get leverage in a legal dispute, that’s a very bad thing.” Matthew Backowski, attorney for the water council, said the fish died as a result of deteriorated lake conditions caused by the HOA’s refusal to pay debts. He said the system that delivers water into the lakes can no longer be maintained without the HOA’s payment. …

“This is all at their behest,” Backowski said of the HOA. “The result is traumatic and tragic. It’s resulting in these lakes being deteriorated, fish being killed, and money being spent on litigation.”

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