Hillsborough EPC vote: the criticism just keeps rolling in
July 5, 2007 at 1:59 pm by Wayne GarciaTwo updates about Hillsborough County’s preliminary vote to eliminate wetlands protection from its Environmental Protection Commission, as some developers desperately want to see happen.
This week’s issue of CL features my story on the matter called “Pimp My Lake,” and includes some strong support for the EPC’s wetlands functions from Republican County Commissioner Mark Sharpe:
“It makes good sense to be good stewards of the environment whether you are Democrat or Republican. We need to be thinking about locally what makes sense. Protect the environment.”
Also, the nonpartisan League of Women Voters has come out strongly in favor of saving the wetlands division. A letter to the editor from president-elect Richard Brown says:
If the decision of the Commission stands, Hillsborough County will inevitably lose wetland acreage. As wetlands acreage gets reduced, citizens of Hillsborough County will encounter increased pollution and flooding. They will also be forced to pay for cleaning up the resulting disasters. As our county becomes more developed, environmental protections should be increased, not reduced.
The full text of the letter follows in the comments section (with a nod to Adam for stealing the way he does these things).
