Author: Cyndi Lenz
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Who is the Pacific Legal Foundation and why are our Panthers, Manatees and Bears their Business?
Remember when Michael Grunwald was here and he said “Big Sugar has a right to be in business” and everyone groaned. Well, that’s true. They do. What I don’t think they have the right to get subsidies to stay alive when the rest of the businesses have to put themselves out there and if they…
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Panthers, Manatees and Bears Oh my!
I’ve been thinking about the hunts that have opened up on our Florida Bear, and all the craziness that going on with hunting in our state parks and people wanting to take the Florida Panther off the endangered species list. http://news.yahoo.com/florida-discusses-reduced-protection-endangered-panther-221628769.html;_ylt=A0LEVijTW55V3BcAPC0nnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTEzMjRzaXV2BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDRkZHRTAxXzEEc2VjA3Nj “ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida’s wildlife agency may cut back on its efforts to…
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Big Sugar Summit: Sheila Krumholz, Executive Director, Center for Responsive Politics
Big Sugar Summit: Sheila Krumholz, Executive Director, Center for Responsive Politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Responsive_Politics “The Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) is a non-profit, nonpartisan research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks the effects of money and lobbying on elections and public policy. It maintains a public online database of its information. Its website, OpenSecrets.org, allows users to…
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Alzheimer’s and “Still Alice” : Caring for those who can’t care for themselves.
@Gayle_Harrell @FLGovScott @joenegronfl I’m sending this blog post to my state rep, rick scott and my state senator. None of these people actually care about anyone especially older people who are ill. They are under some kind of delusion that these people can have help. In the case of Ms Harrell she thinks people can…
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Big Sugar Summit: Daren Bakst, Heritage Foundation
@PatrickMurphyFL @Heritage @darenbakst Big Sugar Summit: Daren Bakst, Heritage Foundation Daren Bakst is a Research Fellow In Agricultural Policy, Institute for Economic Freedom and Opportunity at the Heritage Foundation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation “The Heritage Foundation is an American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. The foundation took a leading role in the conservative movement during the…
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Happy 4th of July!
Happy 4th of July everyone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_%28United_States%29 “Independence Day of the United States, also referred to as Fourth of July or July Fourth in the U.S., is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, by the Continental Congress declaring that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as a…
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Big Sugar Summit: Wolfram Alderson “Sugar is Toxic “
Big Sugar Summit: Wolfram Alderson “Sugar is Toxic ” “The only food item that isn’t on the label is added sugar.” Wolfram Alderson, Founding Executive Director, Institute for Responsible Nutrition I’m looking forward to the final video with all the slides but this will get you really excited about seeing the entire finished product. This…
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Big Sugar Summit: Julia Hathaway, Is Big Sugar Burning Your Lungs?
Big Sugar Summit: Julia Hathaway, Is Big Sugar Burning Your Lungs? Here is our amazing friend Julia Hathaway at the Big Sugar Summit! I learned so much from her speech and now I know all the things that can be done with sugar cane if it is green harvested. Brazil and Australia do it! We…
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Big Sugar Summit: Keynote Address: Chairman Colley Billie, Miccosukee Tribe
Big Sugar Summit: Keynote Address: Chairman Colley Billie, Miccosukee Tribe So honored that Chairman Collie Billie came and he was the keynote speaker at the Big Sugar Summit. http://blog.nmai.si.edu/main/2014/02/meet-native-america-colley-billie.html Meet Chairman Collie Billie “I would like to take this opportunity to bring attention to the plight of the Florida Everglades in the hopes of inciting…
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Big Sugar Summit: Richard Grosso, Environmental Legal Eagle!
Richard Grosso is Director, Environmental and Land Use Law Clinic. Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University.
