District 2 Supervisor Candidate With A Reclamator Past

Someone very interesting to Los Osos sewer history has popped up in our SLO County District 2 Supervisor's race - Patrick Sparks, the attorney for the "Reclamator" guy. Surely you remember crackpot Tom Murphy who tried to convince the citizens of Los Osos that we really didn't need a sewer, they needed a Reclamator in their yard instead? I think ("Wrecklamator" might have been a better name.)

(Click to enlarge images. Sadly, note the quotes around the words "Legal Opinion" on page 2!) 

Here is an article about Tom Murphy: https://calcoastnews.com/2008/10/reclamator-inventor-sues-water-resources-establishment/

Check out page 4 of the Regional Water Quality Control Board minutes to find Sparks and Murphy:
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/rwqcb3/board_info/minutes/2008/05_08_mins.pdf

Read more "Wreclamator" and the Fraud Alert put out by the Water Board: https://www.newtimesslo.com/sanluisobispo/fraud-alert-doesnt-deter-reclamator-proponents/Content?oid=2945838

Sparks speaks at the Board of Supervisors (Item 7):

Mr. Patrick Sparks: AES Chief Legal Counsel, states  the Reclamator meets the Gold Standard for recycled water...

http://slocounty.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=447

See a copy of the Water Board's Fraud Alert and what I wrote in 2017: http://losewersaga.blogspot.com/2017/07/ 

And last, but (maybe) least, here is the candidate Sparks himself, in an article in the CalCoastTimes: https://calcoasttimes.com/2018/02/03/patrick-sparks-enters-district-2-supervisor-race-macelvanie/

Here is a dangerous and a completely untrue Sparks quote: 

“Gibson cost the city of Los Osos in excess of $100 million for a sewer project that could have built a different way for less,” Sparks said. “The same problem is now occurring in Morro Bay.” 

First off, we are not a city, and crackpot technology will bomb just as bad in Morro Bay as it did in Los Osos. You people in Morro Bay really have to be careful about voting for someone willing to represent and support the inventor of an impossible faux sewer solution, which only caused the citizens of Los Osos time, confusion, and ultimately, money. 

He's Baaaaaack!! Tom Murphy Of Wrecklamator Fame!!

Normally, I would not send anyone over to CalCoastNews as they are an outfit that reports fake news and promotes extreme right-wing and Tea Party viewpoints (except for the few bare bones stories that they lift from other news sources that report fires, accidents, and such). They have harmed friends of mine with their lies and very one-sided reporting, over and over— for years.

However, this time, the guy that the Water Board warned us against (see below) is back, Dee Thomas Murphy, the Reclamator scam guy!

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Now, take a look at the comment - wait!! The comment disappeared!! In the time it took me to write this and to go back to CCN to get you the link, the comment vanished from the CalCoastNews story! Maybe they have more sense than I thought, or perhaps they just followed their own guidelines which do not allow for long legal screeds, which is what Tom posted. 

Well, it is horrifying to know that Dee Thomas Murphy is still lurking locally in the background, and is STILL trying to scam Los Osos citizens into funding his bogus schemes. Since I captured the page as a pdf, I can give you a quote from Tom's post on CalCoastNews today (Tom now posting as "NSEA International"):

Do NOT fall for this scam if it appears elsewhere!