State finance consultant questions Everglades land buy
by Michael C. Bender | March 5th, 2010In a Feb. 17 memo circulated Friday the consultant said the South Florida Water Management District — the agency Gov. Charlie Crist tapped to finance the purchase — “must make some very difficult decisions,” including big cuts in operations and maintenance of its 16-county water supply and flood control system.
The reason: deficit projections of $89 million and $110 million in 2011 and 2012.
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March 6th, 2010 at 2:06 am
Unfortunately, this agency is not a friend of “Florida” but of the developers and despoilers of the real Florida. This project was never “really” going to be developed and its genesis was more for water supply than “saving the Everglades”.
Look at their great “conservation” program. I attended a number of meetings of “stakeholders” of conservation a couple of years ago……..where is the the program now?
Why did “Bruce”, the head of their conservation program leave?
Abolish SFWMD and save us from ourselves. No more helicopters, high flyers and big spenders.
March 8th, 2010 at 5:05 am
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