When I pointed out a few days ago that the most important Scott Administration water policy was to “Unrelentingly please the biggest water users and water polluters,” I should have provided evidence. I could have quoted the Florida Chamber of … Continue reading →
Water management “performance measures” may appear to be neutral administrative instruments but in fact are value-dependent and deeply ideological. Measures also can vary in how closely they are connected to reality. Florida’s present measures are an illusion because they have little to do with … Continue reading →
Suppose you didn’t know much about water management but you ran successfully for state office. How can you fake it when you have to talk about the need to improve water management? The same way that elected officials do for many other … Continue reading →
As I noted last Monday, higher income households tend to use more water, apply more fertilizer, etc. That is significant by itself but wealth and income patterns have even more profound effects on water (especially because of the state’s high … Continue reading →
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