There have been comments by Blog readers about how Central Arkansas Water came to be in a position to be held up for a huge sum of money by Jay DeHaven and partners (including Tom Schueck, member of the so-called Pollution Control and Ecology Commission) for sod farm acreage along the main tributary to Lake Maumelle, the city’s main water supply.
Jim Harvey, former CAW CEO, has said repeatedly that he wanted to buy the land. His implication, and that of others, was that water commissioners discouraged the purchase. It’s complicated as you’ll see from a series of e-mails written by Harvey, Commissioner Tom Rimmer and Barry Haas, a watershed activist. These were released at a Commission meeting last week. I asked for them then and received them today. You can read them on the jump.