A few weeks ago, we all thought we were going to see funding for several restoration projects around Florida, as I blogged about here. However, it appears President George Bush is thinking about vetoing the Water Resources Development Act, this article says, reporting that Senator Mel Martinez said he would fight against any veto. The article says the president thinks the $20B billion is too expensive.
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Lisa P said,
August 17, 2007 @ 12:54 am
Victory!
I hope he vetoes this bill! The Army Corps of Engineers doesn’t want any public recreation anywhere within the projects’ scope. There is a lot of information that hasn’t been given to the satisfaction of the Everglades’ Coordinating Council either.
There are a lot of people in this state that have worked to achieve this end. Hard work does pay off.
No federal funding for Everglades as president vetoes bill « EcoFlorida said,
November 2, 2007 @ 6:20 pm
[…] restoration, Florida The Everglades won’t be getting federal funding ($2B) as part of the Water Resources Development Act because President Bush vetoed the water restoration projects bill, the News-Press and other sources […]