FDEP Fights Against Protecting Manatees
This is more about a fight over water than a fight over manatees. The State of Florida has allowed its waterways to become so polluted that the grasses on which manatees feed cannot grow. […]
Legislators & Governor Protect Development
Our legislators and governor continue to protect devastating industries such as development at the expense of our environment. Florida has already lost way too much of its wetlands and this simply allows faster destruction. VoteWater […]
DEP Continues to Break the Law
For people who believe in fair play, the situation with the DEP has passed the the point of reason. It seems it is staffed with people terrified of losing their jobs, as politics takes over […]
Budget Cuts Hit Environment
The following is from the Florida Springs Council Newsletter. Not only did our governor choose to leave Rodman Dam intact, he severely slighted environmental funding as explained below. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. […]
The Funds Were There: Close But No Cigar
Not surprising, but disappointing. We expected little from the governor in the way of river restoration and got nothing. Read the original article here in Florida Politics. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org […]
Article Misses Main Point
Articles like these are extremely frustrating because they leave out the most important information: the preventable causes which our state chooses to ignore. Instead, they spend millions on treating symptoms. Not to say that […]
Buying Politicians
Big Sugar is one of the best examples of politics running our state and their contributions to just about all who will accept them go far toward buying politicians. Our corrupt Supreme Court […]
Bad Leaders Getting Worse
Not only does Florida fail to observe its laws protecting our waters and wastes huge amounts of money foolishly, now pending legislation may limit our right to act. We must do all we can to […]
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