Fan of #Florida. Writer. Reporter for decades. Enviro. Opinions mine. Retweets not endorsements. @jhauserman.bsky.social & threads.net/@jhscoop2018
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America is the Florida of the world
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RIP Mark, you were a great newsman and a great friend to so many.
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The state knew the price tag would be enormous, estimating in Oct. it would cost $1B to run Alligator Alcatraz for 365 days.
Now, Floridians are left questioning whether those funds — enough to give every FL public school teacher a $6k bonus — could have been better allocated.
ALT A list of costs to run Alligator Alcatraz for a year amounting to $1 billion.
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"Alligator Alcatraz" was built in the Everglades without the environmental review the law requires. That's why we sued. A new Atlantic investigation breaks down the full story: the costs, the conditions, and what it means for the Everglades. ow.ly/7wri50Z7Yaq
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"If Florida keeps growing ― and it will — we can choose: the same mass-built subdivisions, with their standard quarter- or third-acre lots, from Interstate 95 west, or find carefully selected areas to the east to increase the number of units per acre." tcpalm.com/story/opinion/col…
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In the rush to ram his reform thru the legislature, the governor’s office completely forgot supervisors of elections, property appraisers, and tax collectors offices are funded by property taxes and had to amend their half baked proposal to make it make sense. 🤦🏻♂️
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Jun 2
Incredible scoop from @EricM_Katz
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Jun 1
. @GovRonDeSantis Prop tax proposal projected to result in $8 billion revenue loss in 2027-2028 and $14 billion in 2028-2029, per analysis by @myflhouse committee
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Jun 1
The Governor is about to become the unelected mayor of Volusia, Flagler, Hernando, and Sumter County. When Tallahassee controls your paycheck, Tallahassee controls your priorities.
Jun 1
🧵Legislators think they’re voting on property taxes.
They’re actually voting on who controls local government.
For 50 years, Florida’s deal was simple: local communities paid their own bills, and local voters held local officials accountable.
Break that system, and the question isn’t what gets cut.
It’s who takes control.
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Important story on how a scientist's research on rare Gulf of Mexico Rice's whales was used misleadingly by politicians doing oil industry bidding to get around the Endangered Species Act. The whales, which occur off #Florida panhandle, face extinction. tampabay.com/news/environmen…
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The decisions made in this special session will negatively impact Florida for generations. FAC has developed an interactive map that allows you to show legislators the impact these bills would have on your county. fl-counties.com/property-tax…
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May 29
Very enlightening piece in the @nytimes on how agribusiness monopolies are hiking food prices.
Thrilled to publish this piece with @clairekelloway on one major cause of high food prices--market concentration--and a solution to it--breaking up and regulating agribusinesses
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May 29
NEW: DeSantis' property tax plan contradicts itself, leaves key details vague and doesn't have the $500,000 homestead limit he keeps touting.
And data centers, megacorporations and billionaires could benefit, too.
tampabay.com/news/florida-po…
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May 29
SCOOP: Several Epstein survivors launch survivorsisters.org/ during Pam Bondi's testimony on Capitol Hill.
The website outlines the Epstein timeline, starting in 1996, and shares the voices of dozens of survivors.
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There is always a Florida connection. Maybe because it's such an easy place to get away with dirty campaign tricks...
May 27
1. Lead Left, a super PAC created on 4/24, purports to stand "against MAGA extremists."
It has spent $3M in Democratic primaries.
But it's funders and motivations have been secret.
Until now.
It's a GOP dirty tricks operation.
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May 22
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis just signed a bill making it harder to sue mining giant Mosaic Co. over claims related to radiation exposure on redeveloped phosphate mines.
Mosaic lobbyists wrote the bill.
And Mosaic recently made a $50,000 donation to DeSantis-supporting Super PAC.
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Several local newspaper companies — USA Today Co., McClatchy, Advance Local, MediaNews Group, and Tribune Publishing — have begun blocking @internetarchive's access.
That's more than 340 U.S. local news sites in all, a new @NiemanLab analysis by @decka227 and @HanaaTameez shows.
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Florida homeowners are facing some of the fastest-rising insurance costs in the country with premiums up 85% over the last decade.
As stronger storms, flooding, and risks grow, so do the costs. Investing in resilience is smart economic policy.
floridasclimatefuture.org/fl…
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May 20
There has been a lot of Tallahassee-driven discourse over the past year about local governments abusing taxpayer resources, but it's the state that has failed to so far pass a budget, all while negotiating in a secretive process local governments are not allowed to engage in.
May 20
But what's clear is that the disagreements are being hashed out behind closed doors with no opportunity for the public or press to know what the source of conflict actually is. A guess is they don't want to meet until they have several deals across the board.
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Important #Florida lawsuit aims to save red snapper pops from new "free for all" set by feds, DeSantis - their political move defies yrs of science & fisheries management. Commercial fishers suing. @earthjustice, where I work, filed amicus with @OurOcean tcpalm.com/story/news/local/…
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