I wanted to write
today about the leaking of poison chemicals into the Florida Aquifer
From the Mosaic
poison pond sinkhole.
Because now they are
talking about
only filling and patching the hole.
What about the
chemicals they were to pump out?
Who did this company
pay-off?
If you look at the
hole, it is still receiving polluted water!
Someone in the
Florida government is still saying,
"Show me the
Money!"
Grease my palms and
I will keep your secrets!
Yet another public
official is calling out the real Rick Scott for what he really is.
Florida
Congresswoman blames
Governor for keeping
Mosaic sinkhole secret
By Steve Andrews
Published: October 28, 2016, 4:30 pm
POLK
COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) –
Someone is holding up the release of state records about
who came up with the bright idea to keep information about a sinkhole opening
beneath a Mosaic gypsum stack secret.
Congresswoman
Gwen Graham (D)-Fla.
lays the blame on
Governor Rick Scott’s crew.
“We
have gotten nothing and we have been in constant communication with the
Department of Environmental Protection asking for information,” Representative
Graham said.
Citing
Florida’s public records law, more than a month ago Ms. Graham’s office as well
as News Channel 8 requested from the Florida’s DEP all correspondence about the
sinkhole.
“I
hope it’s not going to take a lawsuit, but in the past, that’s what it’s
required in order to get public records laws met,” stated Representative
Graham. “The Governor’s office has chosen rather than release to pay huge
fines.”
The sinkhole opened beneath at Mosaic’s New Wales plant
in Mulberry
Aug. 27. The state learned of the contaminated
water loss the next day. Neighbors were
not informed for weeks.
Representative Germ
Gram is suing Governor Rick Scott for withholding Mosaic's information.
The
Governor’s office now claims Mr. Scott was kept in the dark about all this for
weeks. But the state provided no documents to prove that, nor did it provide
any to show who decided to keep the sinkhole and the escaped contaminated water
a secret.
“Every
Floridian should be up in arms and appalled that this is how the Department of
Environmental Protection is operating,” stated Representative Graham.
Ms.
Graham worries it may take a lawsuit to pry loose records that get to the
bottom of why people weren’t notified.
“We
must do better and thank you for holding those accountable who should be
held accountable,” she said.