Florida to buy 'missing link' of Everglades for $1.7 billion

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1. • fthoskinson

   $10,000 an acre for swampland! Only in Florida.

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2. • Fizzle

   @fthoskinson C'mon that's a good buy! Can't replace the Everglades. As Mastercard would say "priceless"

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3. • fthoskinson

   Not knocking the idea - all for it. This is an important project without question. It just smells like another gov't gimme to special interests. Bet the 6 year lease deal for US Sugar won't cover even the state's cost of capital which would around $9 million a month for 30 years on a 4% bond.

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4. • brewerhaus

   What a freaking waste of money. You need more wet grass in FL ? Quixotic ... Come on ... makes as much sense as saving 1000 sq acres in the Artic. Does anyone know the human cost of this. The poor out of work folk .. will they care if more swamp grass is created. But ... who cares ... we are all happy the weeds are going to grow again and that some how mother earth will smile on us .... good grief. Drill the coast ... and 1000 less acres of swamp and mosquitoes and gators ... that is a bad thing ??? Save me from the Government ... I mean I want to keept the earth beautiful ... but hell ... we are talking wet grass that maybe 1 out of ever million folks in FL will ever see or care about.

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5. • todd70556

   I agree brewerhaus...this is another example of our prioritites being off! The state just slaughterd every city and counties budgets for police, fire, and schools. Yet we are going to pump in 1.7 Billion to make sure the alligators have clean water. People can not afford gas, food, house payments and now we are going to take away thousands of jobs in the towns of Clewiston, Belleglade, and all around Lake Okeechobee, this will not just affect U.S. Sugar workers this will affect all those business who supply and sell and worked with them. I am shocked that Crist would be so wasteful in the economic recession soon to be depression we are in. Shameful that so many tree hugging americans value land and water and amimals well being over the well being of human life. If there is a time to invest in saving the Everglades....this is not it!

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6. • kristinsj

   Seriously, brewerhaus and todd70556? You're going to put a human life up against an "acre of swamp?" Somebody skipped too many enviro science classes. Restoring the Everglades is about increasing and improving water supplies and flows...for HUMANS, and maintaining flood protection...for HUMANS.

   "With no change the region soon will experience frequent water shortages. There will be continued degradation of the Everglades, coastal estuaries, fisheries and other natural resources. Flooding will become more frequent. Implementation of the [Restoration] Plan will result in the recovery of healthy, sustainable ecosystems in south Florida. The Plan will lead to a stronger economy and a much-improved environment for people, animals and plants that depend on the natural system for their survival. The Plan will redirect how water is stored in south Florida so that excess water is not lost to the ocean, and instead can be used to support the ecosystem as well as urban and agricultural needs. Projections of future water demands without the Plan indicate serious levels of water supply cutbacks and significant impacts to natural areas. Under the Plan, new storage facilities will be built throughout the region to ensure a more reliable water source for the natural, urban and agricultural areas. The ability to sustain the region's natural resources, economy, and quality of life depends, to a great extent, on the success of the efforts to enhance, protect and better manage the region's water resources."
   http://www.evergladesplan.org/facts_info/faqs_cerp.aspx#5

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