Rivals like Audi, BMW, Lexus and Mercedes-Benz have long been offering the feature, putting Jaguar at a competitive disadvantage, particularly in snowy and rainy states in the northern half of the country.
Originally from the rainy Mexican state of Guerrero, Lopez finds peace in the moving water.
The use of a so-called state rainy day fund, if there is no plan to replenish the fund, would raise the same red flag for credit analysts.
Mr. Mugabe said 100,000 blacks have been resettled and more would move in before the rainy season, the state broadcasting corporation said.
"There will be legislation we're working on right now to tap the state rainy day fund and set up an emergency fund for the state, to match federal dollars and help local communities," she says.
Critics note that a state "rainy day fund" has $650 million for emergency use and say it's politics, not finances, that drives North Carolina's position on federal programs.
During the rainy season, even state capitals are difficult to reach by road; reaching the rural areas where many southerners live is virtually impossible except on foot.
And governments have also been prudent about building up their reserves - as of July 2007, state rainy day funds stood at 10% of total budgets, which would have been sufficient to deal with a moderate cyclical recession.
The ads, from his consulting firm SCN Strategies (strategist Ace Smith, media consultant Sean Clegg, and the aforementioned Newman (oh, and a certain hands-on governor guy, too) all promote Brown's Propositions 1 and 2 to pass the $7.5 billion water bond and create a state rainy day fund.
The Barinas State rainy season is from April to December, and the dry season is from January to March, with mean temperatures of 22°C to 30°C.
