Gov. Voldemort, Suddenly Environmentalist, Calls For "Scrutiny" Of Big Sugar Everglades Plan

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Gov. Rick Scott Tuesday called for state regulators to pay “special attention” to potential effects on the Everglades that could come from sugar industry development plans for farmland south of Lake Okeechobee.

The Sugar Hill development proposal to allow new neighborhoods and shopping centers on 43,000 acres in Hendry County has triggered opposition from environmental groups worried that it would block efforts to send more Lake Okeechobee water south to replenish the Everglades.

Dozens of environmental advocacy groups last week called for the governor, the South Florida Water Management District and other state agencies to consider the threat to Everglades restoration posed by the development proposal from U.S. Sugar Corp. and Hilliard Brothers.

Scott responded Tuesday with a letter that didn’t oppose or endorse the Sugar Hill plan, but did call for scrutiny of the potential impacts of the development proposal on Everglades restoration plan.

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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/palm-politics-blog/sfl-scott-sugar-development-plan-20140916,0,224755.story

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1. Just wants to make sure that all opportunities for his cronies have been found.