NEWS FLASH

Rick Scott Dismantling Florida Water Policy | St. Petersburg Times: “Piece by piece, Florida’s water policy is being dismantled. First, Gov. Rick Scott and the Legislature forced the state’s water management districts to slash property tax collections. Then the Scott administration pressured the Southwest Florida Water Management District to eliminate its local basin boards, and its executive director to resign. Now the administration is overturning decisions by water management districts to buy property to protect water supplies.”