Remember our reports about the ups and downs of that Everglades deal whereby the government would buy gazillion dollars’ worth of land and transform it in time from sugar cane cultivation to a natural condition that would tend to restore the Everglades? Sure you do. If not, take a look at https://gideonstrumpet.info/?p=392 for a refresher.
Anyway, today’s New York Times reports that things aren’t going well down there. See Damien Cave, Court Ruling May Imperil Florida Deal, N.Y. Times, April 1, 2010, at p. A15. It appears that a federal court has ruled that the stoppage of the construction of a $700 million reservoir in Palm Beach County is illegal. It seems that local Miccosukee Indians have sued, arguing that this project would unlawfully divert money from other projects they favor. Evidently, the court agreed.
The problem is that, accordng to the Times story, if the South Florida Water Management District is required to complete this expensive reservoir project, that will jeopardize the deal calling for the purchase of 70,000 acres from United States Sugar for $536 million. There is evidently not enough money for both projects.
“Now officials are trying to determine if the two [projects] are once again on a collision course.”
Rots of ruck, guys.