By Isadora Rangel
TC Palm
July 18, 2016
Florida has enough money to
handle the Treasure Coast algae crisis on its own and without federal help, a Federal Emergency Management Agency spokesman said Monday.
Gov. Rick Scott failed to prove the state isn’t able to handle the “severity and magnitude” of the blooms in his request for a federal emergency declaration, which the Obama administration denied Friday.
“The state of Florida is the (fourth) largest state in the nation with a population of almost 20 million people,” FEMA spokesman Rafael Lemaitre said. “The state has robust capability to respond to emergencies and disasters.”
Scott himself has boasted the state’s economy has grown 2.3 percent and revenue was up by $1.3 billion this year, Lamaitre pointed out.
Scott will appeal the denial but his office on Monday didn’t say when. He has 30 days from July 15 to do so.
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