tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798568783457003128.post7853457558427401828..comments2024-01-13T03:17:01.627-05:00Comments on SWFWMD Matters: ST Petersburg Times Hammers CEO-Scott for Jeopardizing Florida’s Drinking WaterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798568783457003128.post-6656268893867361502011-08-31T20:17:35.931-04:002011-08-31T20:17:35.931-04:00Actually, since you havent been in the SFWMD Everg...Actually, since you havent been in the SFWMD Everglades arena, they have private companies testing the water for 303 and 305 Clean Water Act provisions. The database Storet had a whistleblower challenge that the data was not secure, that Eveglades had waster phosphorus pollution "off the charts" and he was tied up for over 2 years in wrongful termination litigation...<br /> TomWhite, peer.org, started in 2006.<br /><br /> Notice the water managment boards are not stating that pollution monitoring is their core mission.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798568783457003128.post-33847543818302256072011-08-31T19:02:29.818-04:002011-08-31T19:02:29.818-04:00Thank you St Pete Times for pointing out where the...Thank you St Pete Times for pointing out where the "mission creep" comes from. For years, the state (read: DEP) has passed along numerous projects to the WMDs for them to handle, often times without any accompanying funding.<br /><br />I find it interesting that now the cry of mission creep comes from the very state agency that is primarily responsible for the mission creep in the first place.<br /><br />Something else to watch here is how Rick Scott will kill the WMDs: First, he'll cut their budgets by ridiculous amounts all in the name of tax savings ($11/year off my property tax bill. Thanks for the pizza, Rick!) which will make them unable to meet their statutory obligations. Then, watch him call for a constitutional amendment to abolish the WMDs because they're not doing (or can't do) what they're supposed to be doing by law, again, all in the name of tax savings.<br /><br />Gotta keep an eye on this guy ... he's good. Just look how he was able to weezle out of the Comumbia/HCA Medicaid fraud scandal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798568783457003128.post-64987054589784975462011-08-30T17:44:10.153-04:002011-08-30T17:44:10.153-04:00I believe that the WMDs are performing their core ...I believe that the WMDs are performing their core missions. That being said, I have to ask why they they haven't gone the way of most private businesses by outsourcing services such as payroll, IT, printing and copying, motor pool, maintenance etc. There could be great savings potential by outsourcing many of these services now done internally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com