They say a sucker is born every minute, but Newberry Springs seems to be the preferred migratory nesting ground for the entire sucker species. It has become a literal field of dreams for Cadiz, Inc., a company that has spent forty years mastering the art of promising water to gullible people.

    Con artists find an easy mark with those who are clueless in Newberry and who are filled with the evil of parading themselves as self-appointed, community ambassadors. By just blowing smoke and saying the word "free," con artists in Newberry easily set the hook.

Four Decades of Failure

    You have to admire the sheer audacity of Cadiz, Inc.  They have managed to bamboozle investors for forty years without ever showing a corporate profit.  That takes talent.  It's a business model built entirely on deception and the greed of people willing to invest in sweet talk.

    Cadiz, Inc. has purchased 45,000 acres of sand and it is currently trying to "ruthlessly navigate" the regulatory process - which is corporate-speak for "trying to find a legal loophole big enough to drive a stolen aquifer through."

The "Free Water" Fairy Tale

    Everyone loves the idea of free water, much like everyone loves the idea of a calorie-free donut.  But in the real world, nothing is free.

The Cadiz Aquifer: This is where the "free water" lives and belongs.

The Reality: Cadiz, Inc. sucking an aquifer dry isn't a "resource solution" as the company states, it's an ecological autopsy.  The local environment and wildlife would be collateral damage in Cadiz's quest to see a green number on a balance sheet.

The Northern Pipeline's Operation is Pure Delusion.

    If you want to know how well this water plan is going, just look at some of the "players":

1. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California: They have blocked Cadiz, Inc.'s access to the Colorado River Aqueduct.  Apparently, the MWD isn't interested in helping Cadiz play God with the water table.

2. State of California: They won't even let Cadiz use the Northern Pipeline across a single mile of state land.  That makes the pipeline useless.

3. The California Legislature: They passed SB 307, which is basically a restraining order, a "kill switch," against Cadiz, Inc. mining its water.

4. State of Arizona: In November 2025, the Arizona Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) turned down the much-needed Cadiz water because it didn't want a relationship with Cadiz, Inc.

    A part of Cadiz, Inc.'s sacred marketing mantra has been its salvation water for disadvantaged communities. But what disadvantaged community has Cadiz, Inc. signed up for its Cadiz water?

    Cadiz, Inc. has long claimed itself to be the answer to disadvantaged communities' need for clean, reliable water.  Newberry Springs is disadvantaged, but we do not need Cadiz water!  Our overdrafting is stabilizing, and we have hundreds of years of water below us.

    Cadiz, Inc.'s long-held claim to serve Cadiz water to disadvantaged communities, to win golden points for the company's eligibility for federal grants, needs to get at least one disadvantaged community to sign up.

    We know that Cadiz, Inc. hasn't been upfront regarding its inability to provide water to Newberry.  Its promises are empty.  But an MOU from Newberry would assist Cadiz, Inc. in acquiring federal funding that could be transferred to its other needs.  For Newberry, it is likely to acquire one thing.  Getting screwed!

A Note to the goofy "Optimists":  My previous reporting has laid all of this out in plain English for years, yet the local Cadiz cheering team in Newberry continues to cry that I am "sooo negative."  It is an incredibly weak strategy to call someone "negative" for clearly citing the law and reality.

    These are the same local people who refuse to do any Internet research because fact-checking takes time, and it is easier to be spoon-fed Cadiz's corporate propaganda, like toddlers in high chairs.

    These people aren't leaders; they're just egos living in a fantasy who enjoy the comfort of promoting a shared delusion.

    Experiencing neighbors in Newberry Springs is like stepping into a warp time zone of 40 years ago - not for the nostalgia, but because that's the last time many of these aging folks updated their critical thinking.