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VoteWater releases 2022 Voter Guide, endorses 11 candidates

October 11, 2022

The environmental advocacy group VoteWater has released its 2022 General Election Voter Guide, designed to help voters in 15 Florida counties identify clean-water candidates. The guides, available at VoteWater.org/voter-guides, include endorsements for 11 candidates. Three of those endorsements were announced…

Keep rural Florida rural: Just say no to growth in protected areas

September 2, 2022

“Welcome to the Agricultural Reserve,” reads the sign in western Palm Beach County. It might more accurately read: Welcome to yet more development. For in Palm Beach County — as in Martin County, to the north; and throughout Florida –…

Primary wrap-up: These VoteWater-endorsed candidates won

August 24, 2022

If we were talking baseball, our batting average in the Aug. 23 primary would be fairly impressive: Nine of the 19 candidates VoteWater ultimately endorsed won their race Tuesday night — just under .500. We’re pleased — but not satisfied…

Check out our voter guides — then vote for candidate who’ll fight for our water

August 22, 2022

Tomorrow is Florida’s primary election — and VoteWater’s got you covered. Check our Florida Primary Voter Guide for the best clean-water candidates at the federal, state and county commission level in 15 Florida counties — Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough,…

Florida primary 2022: Our Voter Guide will help you elect clean-water candidates

August 19, 2022

So. Tuesday, Aug. 23 is the Florida Primary Election. Who are you voting for? Which candidates can be trusted to advocate on behalf of clean water — and which have taken “dirty money” from polluters? Don’t know the answers? Relax,…

VoteWater endorses Crist, Demings, Mast, 14 others in Florida primary

July 28, 2022

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist, Democratic Senate hopeful Val Demings, Republican Congressman Brian Mast and 15 other candidates at the federal, state and local level earned the endorsement of the environmental advocacy group VoteWater this week. “If we had more…

Sweet deal: Big Sugar’s campaign cash fuels Wilton Simpson’s ambitions

March 10, 2022

Wilton Simpson has more clout than virtually any other elected official in Florida. And Big Sugar has greased the skids in his ascent to power. Simpson, often referred to as “a Trilby egg farmer” (in truth he runs a multi-million…

VoteWater adds new members to Board of Directors

February 2, 2022

Stuart-based VoteWater has announced the addition of two new members, Carl Bettinger and Todd Thurlow, to the organization’s Board of Directors. Bettinger, of Palmetto, is a physician and attorney who earned a mathematics degree from Williams College in Williamstown, Mass.,…

Don’t let LOSOM get hijacked at the last minute

January 25, 2022

There’s a heist afoot. But you can do something to stop it. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is nearing the completion of the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual, the new “playbook” which will govern how the lake is managed…

‘Blue-Green Ben’ Albritton’s bad bills could take major toll on Florida’s water

January 18, 2022

The Florida Legislature has convened in Tallahassee, which should make every fan of clean water shudder. Actually there are several good bills under consideration this year, from measures to adopt more recommendations from the state’s Blue-Green Algae Task Force to…

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