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Floridians pay big for environmental messes
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/os-florida-georgia-lawsuit-scott-maxwell-20170127-column.htmlFor $72 million, we ought to be able to buy Georgia.
Then, when people started demanding answers about the costs of this environmental lawsuit, Gov. Rick Scott's environmental chief announced he was resigning to go work for … wait for it … one of the firms that had been billing taxpayers for the suit.
Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Jon Steverson will join Scott's previous DEP secretary who already works at … wait again … the same firm.
That's enough to buy every man, woman and child in this state a Dell laptop … which residents could use to send emails to their elected officials asking: "What is wrong with you people?"
Then, when people started demanding answers about the costs of this environmental lawsuit, Gov. Rick Scott's environmental chief announced he was resigning to go work for … wait for it … one of the firms that had been billing taxpayers for the suit.
Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Jon Steverson will join Scott's previous DEP secretary who already works at … wait again … the same firm.
That's enough to buy every man, woman and child in this state a Dell laptop … which residents could use to send emails to their elected officials asking: "What is wrong with you people?"
Read the whole article at the link...
