Category: clean water
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HERBERT HOOVER DIKE REHABILITATION STRUCTURE REPLACEMENT
I snitched this from my friend Tiki Steve. Tik and I also have a facebook page where we have been documenting for years! https://www.facebook.com/SaintLucieRiverofLight I had asked him a few months ago about what was going on in the construction world after I wrote https://cyndi-lenz.com/2015/06/10/acoe-and-the-herbert-hoover-dike-we-should-be-up-in-arms-together/ Are the people south of lake any safer today than…
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The very funny local Liberty Caucus. Striped men in tights.

The very funny local Liberty Caucus. Yesterday I had to laugh because if I just had clean water I probably wouldn’t even be sitting here on my day off computing. I would be in the water. Yesterday after I posted my blog I was having a conversation with my friend Kenny Hinkle and between the…
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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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Big Sugar Summit: Sheila Krumholz, Executive Director, Center for Responsive Politics

Its website, OpenSecrets.org, allows users to track federal campaign contributions and lobbying by lobbying firms, individual lobbyists, industry, federal agency, and bills. Other resources include the personal financial disclosures of all members of the U.S. Congress, the president, and top members of the administration.”
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Throwback Thurs: What was penny a pound and make the polluter pay?

A controversial penny-a-pound (2 cent/kg) tax on sugar was proposed to fund some of the necessary changes to be made to help decrease phosphorus and make other improvements to water.
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Sugar U: Effects of burning sugar cane on your lungs

Burning of Sugar Cane has been documented as harmful for years but no one seems to care.
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BIG SUGAR ENTERTAINMENT or not: Fanjul’s try to control movies, TV, what’s next?

Here are a few documentaries about the sugar industry.
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Unpaid volunteers make choices about our water
www.sfwmd.gov/portal/page/portal/xweb about us/governing board The South Florida Water Management District is directed by nine Governing Board members who set policy for the agency. They reside within the agency’s 16-county region and represent a cross section of interests, including the environment, agriculture, local government, recreation and business. Governing Board members are unpaid citizen volunteers appointed by…

