Crist and SB 2080: Making it easier to destroy Florida’s wetlands
By Kelly Cornelius
PoHo contributor & R-LAND; activist
Remember that water bill we were concerned about that would silence public input and made water permits easier to get (behind closed doors)? Environmentalists and editorial boards alike urged The Bent Over one to veto it. Well, on the heels of signing SB 360 and eliminating what little growth management laws we do did have, Governor Crist signed that water bill (SB 2080) making water and wetland permits easier to get and again disappointed us while putting yet another black mark on his environmental record. In his defense, he did ask them pretty please to continue to make their water permitting decisions in the open (while signing a bill that alleviated them from doing just that).
According to my research everyone in the House and Senate that voted on this voted in favor of it regardless of party affiliation.
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