The Blue-Green Algae Task Force was window dressing concocted by Gov. DeSantis to pretend he was actually doing something about Florida’s water problems. These problems in large part were brought about by the policies of Rick Scott and continued by DeSantis himself.
There were some good people on the Task Force whose voices were ignored, even before the recommendations reached Tallahassee. Indeed, the leader of the group Thomas Frazer, did not support his own work.
When the legislation turned the Cleanwaters Act into a farce, Frazer called it “…one of the most environmentally progressive pieces of legislation that we’ve seen in over a decade. As a scientist, that’s pretty rewarding to me.” Our Secretary of Environmental Protection, Noah Valenstein, echoed the praise of the less-than-worthless bill in a similar manner. The final version of the bill was written by water users and abusers.
What we see here is the repeated phenomenon of our state leaders showcasing just about anything as long as it has the word “ENVIRONMENT” in it. Final aim is to hoodwink the public and pretend to be doing one’s job.
The message below is from the Florida Springs Council which thankfully is keeping tabs on these shenanigans which only cost Floridians more money.
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