That poor-me-it's-the-feds dog don't hunt, @FLGovScott #FLCorruption
You waged a long fight with the feds to delay upping clean water standards. In 2012 you killed a statewide septic tank inspection program; you ended a springs restoration initiative. You forced the state's 5 regional water mgmt districts to reduce their budgets by $700M 1/
... and appointed industry insiders to them who profit off their positions. He shut down water-quality monitoring offices. You shut down water-quality monitoring offices. Under Bush and Crist, FL opened 1,000-1,500 yearly to crack down on bad actors; now it's close to 250. 2/
Sure, others helped make this mess: Big Sugar, agribusinesses and developers, local govts pouring too much cement; a GOP state legislature that rubber-stamped all you wanted. But it's your jobs over clean water policy that's created the slime that could kill off Florida. 3/X
