Tag: lake okeechobee
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New Poll: Florida Legislators Reading List. PLEASE VOTE! and why reading matters.
A few weeks ago I put out a call for books that people thought would be good for our Florida Legislators to read. I got a great response. Thank you all so much. I put up my poll. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the 27 people who cared and took the…
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Florida! Let the Good Times Roll!
“*SEVEN MONTHS OF DRINKING WATER: The amount of Lake Okeechobee water drained east and west and out to sea was enough to supply about seven months of drinking water for the nearly seven million people in Palm Beach County, Broward County, Miami-Dade County and the Florida Keys. Water plants in southeast Florida churn out about…
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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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Throwback Thurs: What was penny a pound and make the polluter pay?
Throwback Thurs: What was penny a pound and make the polluter pay? As always, if you have something to add please add it. What was penny a pound? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_of_the_Everglades “Restoration of the Everglades, however, briefly became a bipartisan cause in national politics. A controversial penny-a-pound (2 cent/kg) tax on sugar was proposed to fund some…
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Sugar U: Fanjuls some history and a little trouble in Paradise.
Sugar U: Fanjuls. Some history and a little trouble in Paradise. The Fanjul Bro’s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanjul_brothers The Fanjul brothers — Cuban born Alfonso “Alfy” Fanjul, José “Pepe” Fanjul, Alexander Fanjul, and Andres Fanjul — are owners of Fanjul Corp., a vast sugar and real estate conglomerate in the United States and the Dominican Republic. It comprises…
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Sugar U: The US Sugar Corp
@sugarcard2 In a few week we’ll be going to the Sugar Summit that is being put together by our great friends, the Florida SIerra Club. I thought it was a good time to bone up on who’z who and what’s what. Please feel free to chime in. Even at sugarcard2 – we want to hear…
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Michael Grunwald at the Elliot Museum
Last night, with a sold out crowd, Sold out At Eliot museum listening to @MikeGrunwald #theswamp pic.twitter.com/zq3isRyJks — cyndilenz (@cyndilenz) May 13, 2015 Michael Grunwald came to talk to us all at the our new and improved Elliot Museum. The event was sponsored by BullSugar and anonymous supporters. It was first of what…
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