“You didn’t qualify that. When there’s division amongst them, I gotta pick.”
The opinion piece was picked up and republished by media outlets all over Florida, with the Miami Herald publishing a follow-up Letter to the Editor written by Lloyd Wruble of Palmetto Bay. Wruble writes:
“…the reservoir will help provide fresh water to the Everglades and Florida Bay, where it is badly needed. Florida Bay is devastated with algae blooms and grass die-offs. The reason for his opposition to the plan is money, which he and his Legislature buddies receive from Big Sugar. Putnam plans to run for governor and will need funding.”
Commenting on Putnam’s stance, Joe Negron remarked:
“If there was ooze and poisonous fluids flowing down the center of Bartow and Polk County (Putnam’s hometown), we wouldn’t be talking about an abstract schedule or making comments that somehow this is a political effort.”
To cap the month off for Putnam, ABC Action News in Tampa Bay published an investigative report revealing that failed food safety inspections of a large grocery chain that has donated hundreds of thousands to Putnam’s Florida Grown PC were pulled from the Department’s website and later reposted without the scoring. In fact, the inspections were pulled the day after ABC released the news that the stores had failed their inspections.
