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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scott-florida-red-tide_us_5b9828b6e4b0511db3e6e2d8
The Florida governor enthusiastically slashed environmental programs during his two terms, but is now blaming the ensuing water crisis on his Democratic Senate opponent.
FORT MYERS, Fla. – At the dock where offshore fishing guide Larry Conley keeps his 28-footer is a whiteboard detailing Reel-Ality’s availability for the coming week.
The word “OPEN” is printed in blue letters beside each day, just as it has been since mid-August when the red tide algae bloom along the Gulf Coast and the blue-green algae flowing down the Caloosahatchee River drove away the rest of his bookings. Conley, at some point, stopped bothering refreshing the calendar with dates to match the days of the week.
“I even stopped writing them down,” sighed Conley as he sipped on a 24-ounce Heineken beneath a thatched hut near the marina office.
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Local fisherman & the businesses that depend on them are suffering from the combined shock of massive red-tide blue-green algal blooms that have killed off dozens of species of sea life, including the fish that Conley depends on.
'Conley is watching his income dry up just as the man he and many others believe is responsible for the environmental calamity is seeking a new political office: Gov. Rick Scott, who hopes to become Sen. Rick Scott.'
Despite Scott's repeated weakening of environmental standards and enforcement programs ― the whole thing is actually the fault of the Democratic incumbent, according to Scott.
This seems to be the fault of both Scott & Democrat Bill Nelson, all lapping the trrugh of the big pig breeders & other agricultural interests that are pollution the offshore waters & causing the toxic blooms.
The Florida governor enthusiastically slashed environmental programs during his two terms, but is now blaming the ensuing water crisis on his Democratic Senate opponent.
FORT MYERS, Fla. – At the dock where offshore fishing guide Larry Conley keeps his 28-footer is a whiteboard detailing Reel-Ality’s availability for the coming week.
The word “OPEN” is printed in blue letters beside each day, just as it has been since mid-August when the red tide algae bloom along the Gulf Coast and the blue-green algae flowing down the Caloosahatchee River drove away the rest of his bookings. Conley, at some point, stopped bothering refreshing the calendar with dates to match the days of the week.
“I even stopped writing them down,” sighed Conley as he sipped on a 24-ounce Heineken beneath a thatched hut near the marina office.
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Local fisherman & the businesses that depend on them are suffering from the combined shock of massive red-tide blue-green algal blooms that have killed off dozens of species of sea life, including the fish that Conley depends on.
'Conley is watching his income dry up just as the man he and many others believe is responsible for the environmental calamity is seeking a new political office: Gov. Rick Scott, who hopes to become Sen. Rick Scott.'
Despite Scott's repeated weakening of environmental standards and enforcement programs ― the whole thing is actually the fault of the Democratic incumbent, according to Scott.
This seems to be the fault of both Scott & Democrat Bill Nelson, all lapping the trrugh of the big pig breeders & other agricultural interests that are pollution the offshore waters & causing the toxic blooms.
