Posts Tagged ‘Buy the Land’
Column: A Mistake by the lake — and how we now have a second chance for our water
By Dan Burkhardt February 14, 2017 Tampa Bay Times] Think of it this way. Seventy-five years ago, your neighbor had three chickens. Over the years one thing led to another,…
Read MoreCoastal Everglades, deprived of fresh water, near unhealthy ‘tipping point’
By Jenny Staletovitch February 13, 2017 Miami Herald SHARK RIVER At the bottom of the Everglades along the mouth of the Shark River, a towering mangrove forest stands in a…
Read MoreAnalysis: EAA farmers refuse to sell land for Lake O discharges plan
By Isadora Rangel February 6, 2017 TC Palm A bill to curb Lake Okeechobee discharges hit a roadblock the day before its first hearing as 14 landowners announced Monday they…
Read MoreOur view: Legislature must seize historic opportunity on Lake O land buy
By TC Palm Editors February 2, 2017 TC Palm You can judge a man by the quality of his enemies, wrote author Oscar Wilde. On that basis, state Senate President…
Read MoreNegron: Farmland isn’t only option for Okeechobee plan
By Jim Turner February 1, 2017 Orlando Sentinel TALLAHASSEE — Senate President Joe Negron appears willing to look beyond sugar farmland to carry out his proposal to reduce the flow of…
Read MoreScott’s budget doesn’t include money for Everglades land buy. No problem, Negron says.
By Kristen M. Clark January 31, 2017 Tampa By Times Senate President Joe Negron told reporters Tuesday he isn’t upset that Gov. Rick Scott‘s 2017-18 budget proposal doesn’t include funding for Negron’s…
Read MoreNegron to sugar: Sell land to reduce Lake O discharges or state will force sale
By Isadora Rangel January 26, 2017 TC Palm Florida Senate President Joe Negron sent an ultimatum to state water officials: buy land to reduce Lake Okeechobee discharges. A bill filed Thursday directs…
Read MoreBill to curb Lake Okeechobee discharges expected to be filed Thursday
By Isadora Rangel January 25, 2017 TC Palm A bill to curb Lake Okeechobee discharges is expected to be filed Thursday, but large landowners and environmental groups continue to clash over…
Read MoreGil Smart: Battle joined on Negron plan
By Gil Smart January 13, 2017 TC Palm State Sen. Rob Bradley said he’s ready to carry water, so to speak, for Senate President Joe Negron. But there sure are…
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