Under Miami's radar: the Growth Machine opposes cleaning Florida's waters ... by gimleteye

The Florida Independent has a concise report of the major effort by Florida's Growth Machine to stop the U.S. EPA from requiring Florida to clean up its polluted waterways. "Dozens of politicians, lobbyists and industry heads have written to both the EPA and Congress to argue against new water quality standards that would force many big utilities and agricultural companies to reduce the amount of waste they dump in Florida’s waterbodies. Their argument? The rules would be far too costly to follow for industries in a state already grappling with record high unemployment." That's right, folks. The best we can do is create an economy that eats itself alive.