Posts Tagged ‘Amendment 1’
Judge Sides With Environmental Groups!
Case Involved a dispute over use of Amendment 1 funds
Read MoreColumn: Use Amendment 1 money as intended — to conserve Florida’s natural land
By Ryan Smart, Special to the Tampa Bay Times March 15, 2017 Tampa Bay Times Last week the Florida Senate betrayed the intent of Florida voters who overwhelmingly passed Amendment…
Read MoreLost in translation: whatever happened to Amendment 1?
BY ROGER WILLIAMS Nathaniel Reed, a born-and-raised Florida boy, stepped out of his home on the southern terminus of the Indian Riverlagoon one early morning last week, looked up the…
Read MoreEnvironmental Group Files Suit Against Legislature over Amendment 1
from tcpalm.com State lawmakers misused almost half the money available through a constitutional amendment to conserve land and water, environmental activists claimed in a lawsuit filed Monday. A legal challenge…
Read MoreEnvironmental Groups Consider Litigation following Amendment 1 Disappointment
from tcpalm.com: Environmentalists could soon go on the offense over what they describe as the Legislature’s failure to meet the intent of a constitutional amendment to boost land and water…
Read MoreWater’s Disappointing Outcome
Deal Reached for State’s Environmental Spending Plan, from tcpalm.com TALLAHASSEE — After almost 36 hours without holding a meeting, budget-writers emerged Sunday night with a deal for the state’s environmental budget,…
Read Moretcpalm: Sen. Negron Likely Can’t Secure $500 Million to move Lake O Water South
A proposal to reduce Lake Okeechobee discharges is likely dead this year after lawmakers decided they won’t use the state’s credit card to pay for environmental projects. Sen. Joe Negron’s…
Read MoreTampa Tribute | Editorial: Historic contempt for voters
Years from now, history will cruelly judge this colossally dysfunctional Florida Legislature — but not primarily because of the Senate and House conflict over Medicaid, which caused Speaker Steve Crisafulli…
Read MoreEditorial: Florida lawmakers poised to make historic mistake
The editorial by The Miami Herald urges lawmakers to purchase over 46,000 acres of land from U.S. Sugar in an effort to help save the Everglades. The Miami Herald Florida…
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