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A very selective focus on park financing

Posted on September 15, 2021 by TomSeptember 15, 2021

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection still defends the idea of raising more revenues within the state park system, even though that system already raises more than two-thirds of expenditures (far above the national average). It is obvious that picking on … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget and finance, Florida water resources, Water quality, Water use

Thinking of water management taxes like a five-year old child

Posted on August 2, 2021 by TomAugust 3, 2021

Five-year old children have a problem understanding that a volume of water remains the same even if moved to a different container:     We can see an analagous conceptual inability for the people currently in charge of the water management districts. … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget and finance, NWFWMD, SFWMD, Water management districts

Governors against their state parks

Posted on July 28, 2021 by TomJuly 28, 2021

Why do we see Rick Scott’s “interim” secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection promoting zany money raising ideas for state parks? Tea Party Governors do what they do. Wisconsin governor Scott Walker proposed eliminating all general revenue dollars devoted to … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget and finance, FDEP, Florida water resources

A tax on sugar-sweetened beverages

Posted on July 12, 2021 by TomJuly 12, 2021

Public health would be better, and health expenditures smaller, if consumers faced a meaningful tax on “sugar-sweetened beverages.”  A new study estimates the beneficial effects in the U.S. of a penny-per-ounce tax on this type of drink: Over a 10-year period, … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture and water, Budget and finance, Water use fee

Demanding to be first in the water line

Posted on February 22, 2021 by TomFebruary 22, 2021

I was asked to write a bit more about how the House water bill gives “Special water breaks” to certain water “self-suppliers.” The details are buried deep within the 87-page bill and  are designed almost entirely to benefit agricultural users (without … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture and water, Budget and finance

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