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http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/contributors/1505
Wholey shit It seems Jeb really screwed the pooch too.
This fiscal year, the state treasury suffered the first waves of the tsunami that is coming. The servile Florida State Legislature was called back into special session barely six months after passing a $71 billion budget to address a $1.1 billion revenue shortfall. Among other things, these servants of the wealthy took $100 from each of Florida's public school children to rebalance the budget. The lights had not been turned out in the Capitol Building when the Office of Policy and Budget projected an additional $2.5 billion revenue shortfall over the next 18 months.
And Florida, now weakened by the greed and avarice of a few, faces a growing crisis in its second largest industry after tourism. To get a sense of the outlook for agriculture, consider these recent statements and their sources:
-- "We're not in any old drought. We're in what I like to call the biblical drought." -- Shannon Estenoz, member of the South Florida Water Management District's (SFWMD) governing board.
-- "We are facing Armageddon. I think we are going to see massive crop losses we have never seen before." -- Malcolm Wade, member of the SFWMD and a Vice President of U.S. Sugar.
-- "We are beginning to see some of the initial signs of collapse. If you're a farmer, you're going into the spring season with a greater than 50 percent chance you're not going to have enough water to make a crop." -- Nelson Mongiovi, director of the division of marketing, Florida Department of Agriculture.
The crisis in agriculture threatens to shrink the state's revenues by up to $8 billion more over the next five year.
Wholey shit It seems Jeb really screwed the pooch too.
This fiscal year, the state treasury suffered the first waves of the tsunami that is coming. The servile Florida State Legislature was called back into special session barely six months after passing a $71 billion budget to address a $1.1 billion revenue shortfall. Among other things, these servants of the wealthy took $100 from each of Florida's public school children to rebalance the budget. The lights had not been turned out in the Capitol Building when the Office of Policy and Budget projected an additional $2.5 billion revenue shortfall over the next 18 months.
And Florida, now weakened by the greed and avarice of a few, faces a growing crisis in its second largest industry after tourism. To get a sense of the outlook for agriculture, consider these recent statements and their sources:
-- "We're not in any old drought. We're in what I like to call the biblical drought." -- Shannon Estenoz, member of the South Florida Water Management District's (SFWMD) governing board.
-- "We are facing Armageddon. I think we are going to see massive crop losses we have never seen before." -- Malcolm Wade, member of the SFWMD and a Vice President of U.S. Sugar.
-- "We are beginning to see some of the initial signs of collapse. If you're a farmer, you're going into the spring season with a greater than 50 percent chance you're not going to have enough water to make a crop." -- Nelson Mongiovi, director of the division of marketing, Florida Department of Agriculture.
The crisis in agriculture threatens to shrink the state's revenues by up to $8 billion more over the next five year.
