Posts Tagged ‘Senator Joe Negron’
Our 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 MoreEve Samples: Buy the land south of Lake Okeechobee — don’t buy the excuses
By Eve Samples January 13, 2017 TC Palm State lawmakers have every reason to pull the trigger on buying land south of Lake Okeechobee this year. These are the biggies: Toxic algae is fresh…
Read MoreBig Sugar’s slime flows north to the Capitol
By Carl Hiaasen January 15, 2017 Miami Herald The paid soldiers in Gov. Rick Scott’s war on the environment are aligning to block state efforts to purchase any farm lands…
Read MoreEditorial: Negron’s smart next step for the Everglades
By Editorial Board January 11, 2017 Tampa Bay Times There should be no doubt that the Florida Legislature should move forward with a sensible plan to create more water storage…
Read MorePOINT OF VIEW: Negron’s plan for Everglades worth considering
By Sarah Heard January 8, 2016 Palm Beach Post Last summer, Florida’s incoming Senate President Joe Negron stepped into a controversy over Everglades restoration with an offer that no one…
Read MoreEverglades restoration: Debate rages over plan to spend $800 million to build a massive water cleaning reservoir
By Mary Ellen Klas January 7, 2017 Tampa Bay Times TALLAHASSEE — Should Florida buy land to save water? That simple question is shaping up to be a complicated and…
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