THEY BROUGHT IT BACK BECAUSE
RESEARCH BY THE INSURANCE
INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY
SAYS THAT IT
REDUCES RED LIGHT RUNNING BY
83%.
AND LG CRISIS, CRISIS,
REMEMBER THIS HORRIFIC - - DO
YOU REMEMBER THE SCENE FROM
LAST SPRING?
BUSINESSES LOST MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS.
AND OUR INVESTIGATOR DECIDED TO
FIND OUT HOW IT GOT THERE, AND
WHY OUR DRINKING WATER IS STILL
AT RISK.
IT IS THE TOPIC OF A ONE-
HOUR DOCUMENTARY, HERE IS A
PREVIEW OF THE EVERGLADES,
POLITICS, RACE AND MONEY
COLLIDE.
AMEN MADE TRAGEDY WHERE
EMOTIONS RAN HIGH.
GREEN SLIME ON THE WALL OR -
- IT WAS COVERED IN GREEN SLIME
ON THE WATER.
HOW DID IT HAPPEN?
WE SPENT A YEAR TRACING ALGAE
BLOOM, AND DISCOVERING BLOOM,
AND DISCOVERING HOW THE
ECONOMICALLY RAVAGED COMMUNITIES
WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN COMPETING
INTERESTS.
I THINK PEOPLE DO NOT
UNDERSTAND WHY ANYONE WOULD
WANT TO LIVE HERE.
I THINK THEY THINK THAT IT IS
THE WORST PLACE ON EARTH.
WE WERE SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS
, IN FLORIDA, TALLAHASSEE, AND
RIGHT ON UP TO WASHINGTON.
DO YOU THINK THIS HAS BEEN
BAD FOR LAURA?
THE?
I DO NOT THINK IT IS
INTENTIONAL.
POLLUTANTS, PESTICIDES,
THOSE ARE NOT NEW THINGS FOR A
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT TO EXIST.
I THINK WE CAN DO A LOT TO
RESTORE THE EVERGLADES.
AND WE DO NOT HAVE TO
HARM THE COMMUNITY.
THE ECONOMY IS GONE.
JOBS, GONE.
OUR WATER SUPPLY AS WELL.
WE EXAMINE THE SUCCESS AND
FAILURES BETWEEN THE EFFORTS TO
RESTORE A RIVER OF GRASS.
WAS THIS AN AREA OF
FRICTION?
A LITTLE BIT, YES.
THERE IS VERY LITTLE OF THE
EVERGLADES LEFT.
AND WHAT IS HERE, IT IS WORTH
RAISING HELL ABOUT.
THE EVERGLADES, WHERE
POLITICS, MONEY, AND RACE
COLLIDE.
YOU HAVE SOME BIG NAMES
APPEARING, THIS IS A BIG DEAL
DEAL.
YES IT IS.
WE SPENT ALMOST ONE YEAR WORKING
ON THIS.
AND WE REALLY WANTED TO TRACE
HOW THIS OCCURRED AND WHAT WAS
BEING DONE ABOUT IT AND HOW TO
PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING
AGAIN.
THE FLORIDA ECONOMY IS BASED
LARGELY ON TOURISM, AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY, EVERYTHING IS TIED
TOGETHER, IT COMES OUT OF LAKE
OKEECHOBEE AND DOWN THROUGH THE
EVERGLADES.
AND DRINKING WATER.
AND
TRY WATERING YOUR LAWN.
TRY OPENING A BUSINESS THAT HAS
NO ACCESS TO WATER.
THIS IS DOLLARS AND CENTS, YOU
CANNOT SURVIVE AS A COMMUNITY
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A FRESH
SOURCE OF WATER.
AND WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LG
CRISIS, IT IS A WARNING THAT IF
WE DO NOT GET THINGS RIGHT, WE
ARE ALL AT RISK.
VERY INTERESTING, THE EYE-
OPENING
INVESTIGATION, WITH ONE HOUR,
NO COMMERCIALS, AND A
COMMITMENT TO CRITICAL ISSUES
IN OUR COMMUNITY.