On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:31:05 +0000, NOYB wrote:


It doesn't seem right to me either. In the mid-90's, voters adopted an
Amendment known as "polluter pays". With "polluter pays", the law was
written such that whoever did the polluting of the Everglades, would have
to pay for the cleanup. There was a class-action suit filed in 1998
regarding the government's inaction on the matter...and as far as I know,
there's still been no ruling on the matter:

http://www.saveoureverglades.org/pol...lass_main.html

About 2 weeks ago, they stopped the releases down the Caloosahatchee. I
went out today, and that awful brown water we have had since last Fall, is
now a pretty green/blue.

Unfortunately, some nincompoop at South Florida Water Mgmt has decided
that the salinity in the estuary system has gotten too high again (at
least that's the excuse)...so they're going to release more water down the
river.

Recently, Sen. Bill Nelson came to Ft. Myers to inspect the water quality
issue. He's seeking Federal funding for alternative water
basins/reservoirs to dump the Okeechobee water into. But why?!? Big
Sugar ought to pay...not the American taxpayer. Nevertheless, the water
quality has been pretty good since his trip. ;-)

They probably cleaned up because they knew he was coming. Sugar sure has
a sweet deal. They are heavily subsidized, the sugar is sold at above
world market pricing, and, all on land that wasn't suitable until they
messed with Okeechobee's plumbing, sweet. Never mind, Florida Bay is
dying, the Everglades need help, as do all the waters south of Okeechobee.