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Give Lee voice on water board
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Contact them
• Gov.
Charlie Crist, (850) 488-4441;
charlie.crist@myflorida.com.
• Lt. Gov.
Jeff Kottkamp, (850) 488-4711;
jeff.kottkamp@myflorida.gov.
Let
Gov. Charlie Crist know that Lee County's 585,000
people need and deserve one of their own on the powerful South Florida Water
Management District Board of Governors.
Crist is
to appoint a person this month to the board seat reserved for a resident of
Lee, Collier, Charlotte or Hendry counties. The district regulates water use
and conservation throughout the Kissimmee River-Lake Okeechobee-Everglades
system, including the
The
district has not yet given our problems the priority they deserve. We'd feel a
lot better about its chances of doing so if we had a
Daltry
was executive director of the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Commission
for 27 years and is currently the county's director of Smart Growth. Rawl has been a water resources
professional for 26 years and is a respected consultant to the county and other
local governments in the area. Both have deep roots in this area and are
passionately and intelligently concerned with improving the way water is
managed throughout South Florida — and with its impact on Lee County's coastal
resources.
Both
also have the backing of
The
governor will be naming four people to spots on the board. He has a chance to
shift the district sharply in favor of the environment, and away from special
interests.
Urge
him to do so.