Category: florida politics
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Must watch Video on Bear Hunt. Then funny bear video.
Ronald Bergeron, one of the commissioners, said he can’t vote for any quota is against the hunt because he doesn’t see the science. He believes that bears are an icon of Florida. He think the train has moved very rapidly.
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Docs VS Glocs. Gag me. Oh ya. you did. Welcome to loony bin coming to state near you.
Only in Florida do our legislators think it ok to kill bears but jail you for feeling them. (You really shouldn’t feed them) and it’s ok for health care workers not to ask people if they have a gun. That’s just for now because it could be coming to a state near you so listen…
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H2 Worker Documentary. Legal Slavery.
H2 Worker Documentary. Legal Slavery. Here is your music! To everyone running for President: Tonight I watched this incredible documentary by Stephanie Black. Before they had harvesting machines every year people 10,000 Caribbean men were selectivity chosen by American sugar corporations to harvest sugar cane for six months in Florida under temporary “H2” visas. They…
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Summer Book Club: Paving Paradise Florida’s Vanishing Wetlands and Failure of no Net Loss.
Summer Book Club: Paving Paradise Florida’s Vanishing Wetlands and Failure of no Net Loss by Craig Pittman and Matthew Waite. What is no Net Loss? Is it even on our radar? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_net_loss_wetlands_policy “No net loss” is the United States government’s overall policy goal regarding wetlands preservation. The goal of the policy is to balance wetland…
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When will our medical community step and do something about people getting sick and dying in the Indian River Lagoon
When will our medical community step and do something about people getting sick and dying in the Indian River Lagoon? I just want to say THANK YOU to our TC Palm reporters and also to Eye on Miami for actually paying attention to this issue and being a supportive voice and advocate for our Indian…
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Sea Level Rise in Miami and Politics. Let’s just say no to the “deniers.”
So what do we do when the people running are OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY? Do we vote for these people even though they are in your party? Don’t we help our own friends that are out of touch with reality?
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Sinkholes: Its the Geology stupid!
#Florida Sinkholes: Its the Geology stupid! So after I wrote my blog I was wondering if we get sinkholes here in Martin County. Will my house get get sucked up in a hole. Will I be calling 911 saying “I’m in the ground!” Yikes. I live on a ancient sand dune by the Indian RIver…
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Florida Inc: It’s all about the water: muck fires and sinkholes
#Florida Muck Fires: What is that awful smell? http://www.tcpalm.com/news/local-news/martin-county/smoke-from-palm-beach-county-wildfire-smelled-throughout-treasure-coast_55076727 “Earlier Monday, smoke from a more than 10,300-acre wildfire in Palm Beach County could be smelled throughout the Treasure Coast thanks to winds out of the south. The fire began July 8 with a lightning strike in the Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, and is…
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Florida Inc: Thank you League of Woman Voters!
Florida Inc: Thank you League of Woman Voters! Gerrymandering has been going on in Florida for a long time and it truly has been a bipartisan activity. It took the very awesome and very bipartisan League of Woman voters to get the whole mess straightened out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering “In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering…
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where do we go now?
So last week I wrote a lot about the Pacific Legal Foundation. https://cyndi-lenz.com/2015/07/09/panthers-manatees-and-bears-oh-my/ Here we learned about the connection between our Florida Bear, Florida Panther and Manatees and the work these people to protect nothing. https://cyndi-lenz.com/2015/07/10/who-is-the-pacific-legal-foundation-and-why-are-our-panthers-manatees-and-bears-their-business/ https://cyndi-lenz.com/2015/07/11/bring-it-on-home-the-pacific-legal-foundation-and-martin-county/ Here we able to see that not only are they here in the universe but also very good…
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