Friday, March 28, 2014

Governor Rick Scott Gives Us Nightmares


Regardless of why climate change is happening, it's happening.  South Florida is already having nightmares of sea level rise, and the political leaders in these communities are already taking it upon themselves to act.   All we need now is a governor who is the slightest bit concerned for the people of the state that elected him.

Photo: 2012 Southeast Florida Regional Compact Climate Change

Governor Scott's list of priorities is topped by profit as demonstrated in his approval of a bill that will allow advertising on state trails and green ways, as well as his attachment to the lawsuit against the Chesapeake Bay  clean up in Maryland that will highly benefit the agricultural and developmental industries....then....somewhere waaaaaaaay down at the bottom, comes being the governor of the U.S.'s most vulnerable state when it comes to climate change and sea level rise.
  

He ran on the slogan "Let's Get To Work", but he and his team have been deceptive about their job creation progress as well as the level of transparency that Scott is willing to give; but in a state that has counties where, according to Sun Sentinel Staff Writer, Ken Kaye, 8-10 inches of steady rainfall causes flood warnings to be issued, the Governor has to start concerning himself with the truth about 


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