A longtime advocate of clean water and Everglades restoration, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava — who boasts the nickname “Water Warrior” — will work with other electeds across Florida to address the algae blooms and other water quality issues that plague the state. Levine Cava was selected to serve on the Florida Association of Counties’ (FAC) […]
Maybe it’s because she’s new. But on Tuesday, freshman Miami-Dade County Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava showed that she does something other Miami-Dade Commissioners find it hard to do: She listens to the voters. Levine Cava sponsored an item to urge the legislature to set aside $500 million for land acquisition and Everglades restoration from somewhere, […]
President Barack Obama was in Everglades National Park Wednesday to talk about climate change on Earth Day. Ladra does not think that it is a coincidence that this is the first time he visits the Everglades as POTUS — the year that two South Florida Republicans, former Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio, are […]
Remember Amendment One? It was only about five months ago that we the people of the great state of Florida passed a constitutional amendment, no less, that provides for the funding of long-promised Everglades restoration through the purchase of land with a percentage of document fees. Well, leave it to the Florida legislature to ignore […]