Florida Legislation Paves Ground for Water Privatization (egads!)

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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/10-2


Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn open to selling water for industry, agriculture; may consider "toilet to tap" measures


Recent moves by Tampa Mayor Buckhorn and state Rep. Dana Young (R-FL) have some residents fearing privatization of the state's water is on the way.

Buckhorn and Young have a bill pending in legislature, HB 639, that would transfer public drinking water and reclaimed wastewater from being a public resource to being owned by the utility company.

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In Texas, recent water privatization efforts have left residents overwhelmed by rate increases, as an in-depth report in the Statesman showed:

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Buckhorn and Young must have found a way to make money off of Fl. water.

they better be stopped

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1. The people get what they vote for

Money grubbing slags that will watch as your family is pushed further and further into poverty so they can reap rewards.

Keep voting Republican all you red states...before too long you'll be calling your elected officials master...

[liberal N proud]

2. Someone must get rich

That is the only thing on the brain of any republican, that someone must get rich, regardless of what it is.

[jwirr]

3. Do the elderly still go to Florida for the winter? If so, look for that industry to be moving out of

state.