So nice for Big Sugar that bribing is legal in our nation. Nice for rich corporations but less so for the little businessman trying to make an honest living.
VoteWater has written another revealing article In Tallahassee, legislators show they don’t care about you — or clean water.
We have witnessed Albritton in action during committees, and others of his ilk who insult with their indifference, distraction and inattention the speakers who oppose the bills they sponsor or in their committee.
Keep in mind those who voted for clean water and those who voted for dirty water: (some of us remember Debbie Mayfield.)
Four senators voted against the measure: St. Petersburg Republican Jeff Brandes, and Democrats Jason Pizzo of Miami and Linda Stewart and Randolph Bracy, both of Orlando.
The other 16 who voted for it: Kelli Stargell, Lauren Book,Travis Hutson, Ben Albritton, and Sens. Aaron Bean, Dennis Baxley, Doug Broxson, Manny Diaz Jr., George Gainer, Audrey Gibson, Ed Hooper, Debbie Mayfield, Kathleen Passidomo, Keith Perry, Bobby Powell and Darryl Ervin Rouson.
Read the original article here in News-Press.
Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum.
jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org
– A river is like a life: once taken,
it cannot be brought back © Jim Tatum
Guest opinion: Don’t sit back and think someone else will solve the water problem
SB 2508 is intended to gut three years of common-sense water quality team efforts by the Army Corps of Engineers and the SFWMD. If enacted, 2508 would position the Florida Legislature to ignore the best interests of all Floridians and focus single-mindedly on the interests of agriculture; particularly those of Big Sugar who’ve contributed nearly $11,000,000 to cooperating Florida legislators to date, according to records provided by the Florida Division of Elections and analyzed by the Tampa Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau.
If you want your Senator to Vote No on SB 2508, now is the time to let your voice be heard by visiting www.captainsforcleanwater.org/urgent-sign-our-petition/. The next vote is this Thursday, February 17.
Whatever you decide to do, don’t sit back and think someone else will solve the problem. Water impacts all of us and all of us need to make our voices heard. That is, unless you have a spare $11,000,000 to spread around Tallahassee!
Joe Orndorff is a member of Captains for Clean Water and is the founder of SCRIP-SAFE Security Products, Inc., a Southwest Florida property owner and an annual Florida tourist since 1957.
