Peter SchorschFebruary 8, 2023
3min0
'Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting.'
Tag: Northwest Florida Water Management District
Peter SchorschFebruary 8, 2023
Christine Jordan SextonJuly 4, 2022
3min0
Akin Akinyemi says t’s the largest increase in over a decade.
Drew WilsonDecember 10, 20215min2128
Cyphers is leaving the District to care for his daughter, who is battling cancer.
Jacob OglesFebruary 24, 2019
6min829
After SFWMD, will Ron DeSantis remake more water districts?
Phil AmmannJuly 20, 2017
5min179
Gov. Rick Scott announced eight appointments and reappointments this week to a variety of Florida judicial, state boards, and commissions. 11th Judicial Circuit Court Scott began by naming Judge Lourdes Simon to the 11th Judicial Circuit Court. Simon, 49, of Miami, currently serves as county judge for Dade County. She previously served as an Assistant […]
Phil AmmannAugust 3, 2015
4min301
Gov. Rick Scott announced five new appointments and two reappointments on Friday to a variety of statewide regulatory boards. Northwest Florida Transportation Corridor Authority Scott began by announcing one appointment and two reappointments to the Northwest Florida Transportation Corridor Authority. NFTCA works to improve mobility, enhance traveler safety, provide for hurricane evacuation routes, and promote […]
Bruce RitchieMay 26, 2015
6min207
DEP Secretary Jon Steverson says he has never fired anyone for enforcing the law. Yet his fingerprints – or at least tacit backing – are all over the ouster of top staff at the St. Johns River Water Management District. The resignations of Executive Director Hans Tanzler and four top staff members at the district, […]
Bruce RitchieMay 25, 2015
6min205
DEP Secretary Jon Steverson says he has never fired anyone for enforcing the law. Yet his fingerprints – or at least tacit backing – are all over the ouster of top staff at the St. Johns River Water Management District. The resignations of Executive Director Hans Tanzler and four top staff members at the district, […]
Bruce RitchieApril 15, 2015
7min303
Florida Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Jon Steverson said “climate change” three times during a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday in response to a senator’s question about whether there is a department policy against using the phrase. Steverson was responding to Sen. Darren Soto, a Democrat from Kissimmee who was wearing a climate change button on […]
Bruce RitchieMarch 20, 2015
5min217
Florida Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Jon Steverson told a Senate panel this week he wants to cut and sell more trees from state parks — and do it faster. Citing other states that have increased revenue from timber sales on state land, Steverson told senators he is working to make Florida’s state parks financially […]