WELCOME BACK, AS WE COVERED 3
IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE SHOW, 3
THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER 3
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT CONDUCTED 3
MONTHS OF SECRET NEGOTIATIONS 3
WITH SUGAR GIANT FLORIDA 3
CRYSTALS TO LEASE THEM 16,000 3
ACRES OF LAND THE STATE NEEDS 3
TO BUILD THE RESERVOIR. 3
THE RESERVOIR WAS DESIGNED 3
TO DEAL WITH THE TOXIC ALGAE 3
PROBLEMS. 3
CBS4 NEWS REQUESTED AN 3
INTERVIEW WITH THE CHAIR OF THE 3
DISTRICT. 3
INSTEAD, THE DISTRICT PROVIDED 3
BRANDON TUCKER, APPOINTED TO 3
THE DISTRICT BY GOVERNOR SCOTT 3
IN JUNE 2017. 3
WHO APPROACHED HIM ABOUT 3
NEGOTIATING A NEW LEASE? 3
I DON'T KNOW. 3
I ASSUME THAT THAT OCCURRED 3
DURING THE DEBATE AS TO HOW 3
THAT WOULD GO DOWN. 3
THAT WAS PRIOR TO MY TIME. 3
I CAME ONTO THE BOARD IN JUNE 3
2017. 3
WHAT HAPPENED THERE WITH THE 3
NEGOTIATIONS THROUGH SENATE 3
BILL 10 WAS PART OF MY TIME. 3
SO THAT WAS THE CALLING ON 3
YOU TO RENEGOTIATE OR NEGOTIATE 3
A NEW LEASE AS PART OF SENATE 3
BILL 10. 3
NEXT -- YES SIR. 3
CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE IT 3
SAYS THAT? 3
I CAN'T FIND IT. 3
NO SIR, NOT SPECIFICALLY. 3
IS NOT IN THERE. 3
OKAY MY UNDERSTANDING IS 3
AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS WERE TO 3
CONTINUE AND NOT BE DISTURBED. 3
I UNDERSTAND THAT FROM A 3
PRACTICAL STANDPOINT, BE ON THE 3
LOT. 3
I AM IN THE REAL ESTATE 3
BUSINESS DEALING WITH LAND FOR 3
23 YEARS. 3
I AM A THIRD-GENERATION 3
FLORIDIAN FROM OKEECHOBEE 3
COUNTY AND MARK IN -- MARTIN 3
COUNTY WHERE WE ARE AT THE 3
EPICENTER OF THESE BLUE-GREEN 3
ALGAE CRISIS ISSUES. 3
WEAR THAT IS LOCATED IN HERE 3
IS ONE THING, BUT UNDERSTANDING 3
THE PRACTICALITY OF THE FACT 3
THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO KEEP 3
FARMING THERE TO KEEP OPERATING 3
THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE 3
DON'T HAVE THIS LAND WITH 3
INVASIVE SPECIES AND ALL OF 3
THOSE THINGS, THAT WAS MY 3
PRIMARY FOCUS. 3
WAS TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T DO 3
ANYTHING TO VIOLATE THE LAW. 3
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO CONTINUE 3
AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS FROM 3
THE PRACTICAL STANDPOINT. 3
IS ABLE TO FOLLOW ABOVE ALL 3
-- THE LAW, I JUST DON'T KNOW 3
WHERE IN THE LAW IT IS REQUIRED 3
TO PROVIDE A NEW LEASE. 3
I DON'T KNOW WHERE 3
SPECIFICALLY THAT IS. 3
ONE OF THE THINGS PUT UP 3
DURING THE SAID NEGOTIATIONS IS 3
WAS AT THIS YOU ARE RELYING ON? 3
THAT WAS A MAJOR PART. 3
ABSOLUTELY, YES SIR. 3
THAT IS NOT IN SENATE BILL 3
10. 3
CHAPTER 2018 70 -- 10. 3
THAT IS NOT 10, THAT IS 3
SOMETHING THAT WAS THE ENACTING 3
IMPLEMENTING CLAUSE. 3
SENATE BILL 10 WAS PASSED IN 3
2017. 3
THIS WAS THE ENACTING CLAUSE 3
FOR FUNDING IN 2018. 3
THAT WAS THE MAJOR POINT FREE OF3
, WHAT WAS OUTLINED THERE. YOU 3
WERE IMPRESSED BY THAT WHEN IT 3
WAS ON THE SCREEN. 3
YES, ABSOLUTELY. 3
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE 3
IMMEDIATE LINE AFTER THAT WAS? 3
AFTER THIS PARAGRAPH? 3
NO SIR. 3
THE VERYIS THIS SECTION 3
EXPIRES JULY 1, 2019. 3
I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT. 3
ESSENTIALLY, YOU GAVE AN 3
EIGHT YEAR LEASE, CITING A LAW 3
THAT WAS ONLY IN EFFECT FOR 3
ANOTHER EIGHT MONTHS. 3
DID YOU GET PLAYED HERE? 3
NO SIR, NOT AT ALL. 3
EVEN IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT 3
PRIOR, I UNDERSTOOD A COUPLE OF 3
THINGS. 3
ONE, THE CRUCIAL TIMING ELEMENT 3
WAS FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS. 3
OUR CHIEF ENGINEER HAD BEEN 3
GIVING US A WEATHER REPORT THAT 3
WE WILL POTENTIALLY HAVE AN EL 3
NIÑO WET DRY SEASON. 3
IT WAS PRECURSOR TO THE 16 DRY 3
SEASON. 3
WHAT WAS THE GOOD CAUSE THAT 3
PROMPTED YOU TO HAVE TO VIOLATE 3
THE SEVEN DAY NOTICE AND MOVE 3
AHEAD WITH SOMETHING AFTER 3
POSTING IT 9 PM THE NIGHT 3
BEFORE? 3
IS THE SEVEN DAY RULE THE 3
SUNSHINE LAW DISCLOSURE? 3
THIS IS MEETING AND HEARINGS3
, THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER 3
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IS FALLING 3
UNDER FLORIDA CODE. 3
YOU HAVE TO PUBLISH YOUR AGENDA 3
SEVEN DAYS IN ADVANCE AND 3
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA CAN ONLY 3
BE MADE FOR GOOD CAUSE AND THAT 3
COULD CAUSE HAS TO BE STATED. 3
ONE OF THE SPEAKERS READ 3
THIS TO YOU AT THAT MEETING ON 3
DECEMBER 8. AT NO TIME DID 3
ANYBODY STATE WHAT THE CAUSE 3
FOR CHANGING THE AGENDA WAS. 3
AGAIN, THIS WAS PUT ON. 3
THIS LEASE WENT FROM A 3
DISCUSSION ITEM TO APPROVAL OF 3
THE LEASE AT 9 PM BEFORE THE 3
MEETING STARTED. 3
DON'T YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH 3
THAT? 3
NO SIR, BECAUSE I HAVE 3
SERVED ON OTHER BOARDS UNDER 3
THE SUNSHINE LAW. 3
I UNDERSTAND THE LAW. 3
WE DID NOT VIOLATED AND I KNOW 3
WE DIDN'T. 3
IF WE -- I EVEN HAD A HINT WE 3
VIOLATED IT, I WOULDN'T BE A 3
PART OF IT. 3
THERE WASN'T ANYTHING NEFARIOUS 3
GOING ON OR UNDERHANDED. 3
THE QUESTION CONGRESSMAN 3
MASS ASKED ALL OF US IS IS THIS 3
GOING TO DELAY THE PROJECT? 3
THAT WAS HIS CONCERN. 3
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WON'T 3
DELAY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 3
RESERVOIR. 3
IF I IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM 3
THAT ANYTHING WE WERE DOING 3
WOULD BE A DELAY, I WOULD 3
AGREED WITH HIM AND SAID NO. 3
HE ASKED FOR MORE THAN THAT. 3
CONGRESSMAN MASS FOUND OUT 3
ABOUT IT AFTER 9 PM AND 3
APPEARED BEFORE THE GROUP AND 3
ASKED THAT AS A MEMBER OF 3
CONGRESS WHO REPRESENTS THE 3
DISTRICT AND IS FIGHTING FOR 3
THE FUNDING, THAT THIS BE 3
DELAYED AT LEAST LONG ENOUGH 3
FOR HIM TO RECEIVE A PROPER 3
BRIEFING. 3
HE WAS ALSO SPEAKING ON 3
BEHALF OF GOVERNOR ELECT RON 3
DESANTIS AND YOU IGNORED HIS 3
REQUEST FOR A DELAY. 3
WHY? 3
I DID NOT SEE ANY REASON WHY 3
THE DELAY. 3
THE GOVERNOR ELECT WAS 3
ASKING YOU TO DELAY SO HE COULD 3
BE BROUGHT UP TO SPEED. A 3
MEMBER OF CONGRESS WHO IS 3
FIGHTING FOR YOU AND WHOSE HELP 3
YOU NEED IN CONGRESS IS ASKING 3
FOR A DELAY SO HE CAN BE 3
PROPERLY BRIEFED. 3
YES SIR AND HE IS MY 3
CONGRESSMAN IN THE 18 DISTRICT 3
AND I WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH 3
HIM. 3
I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR HIM, 3
BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO DO 3
ANYTHING THAT WAS GOING TO 3
CAUSE THE DELAY THAT COULD HAVE 3
BEEN CAUSED. 3
IF IT STARTED RAINING TWO WEEKS 3
AFTERWARD, AND I WOULD'VE SAID 3
OKAY LET'S DELAY TO LET THEM 3
REVIEW THE DOCUMENT, THERE WAS 3
NOTHING IN IT THAT WAS GOING TO 3
BE DELAYED. 3
THIS WAS EXPEDITING THE 3
PROJECT AND I RESPECTFULLY MADE 3
THE DECISION THAT WE ARE IN AN 3
ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS AND WE 3
HAVE TO GET THESE THINGS MOVING 3
QUICKLY. 3
IT WAS NO DISRESPECT TO THEM, 3
BUT EVERYTHING I KNEW AT THAT 3
MOMENT IN TIME, ALL OF THE 3
INFORMATION GIVEN BY MY STAFF 3
AND WHAT I KNOW FROM A 3
PRACTICAL STANDPOINT, I TRULY 3
BELIEVE IT WAS THE RIGHT 3
DECISION TO MAKE. 3
RELEASES FOR $1 MILLION A 3
YEAR TO BE MADE TO THE DISTRICT.3
WAS THERE A NEGOTIATION? 3
DID THE DISTRICT TRY TO OFFER 3
MORE MONEY? 3
SPIVAK I'M NOT SURE. 3
THE DISTRICT HAVE DONE MORE 3
MONEY? 3
I WAS TOLD IT WAS DONE AT 3
MARKET VALUE. 3
THAT WAS A QUESTION I HAD 3
ASKED. 3
HOW DO YOU DETERMINE MARKET 3
VALUE IF HE DIDN'T PUT IT OUT 3
FOR COMPETITIVE BIDDING? 3
I WOULD ASSUME THERE WAS AN 3
APPRAISAL. 3
WHAT FLORIDA CRYSTALS WAS 3
WILLING TO PAY? 3
IS MARKET VALUE. 3
WHEN YOU ARE IN A 3
NEGOTIATION FOR LAND, THIS IS 3
WHAT YOU DO FOR A LIVING, WOULD 3
YOU NOT BE IN A BETTER POSITION 3
IF YOU WONDERED MAYBE UNITED 3
STATES SUGAR WANTS TO TAKE OVER 3
THE LAND? 3
MAYBE ANOTHER FARMING INTEREST? 3
MAYBE HUNTLEY FARMS ARE ONE OF 3
THOSE OTHER GROUPS WOULD BE 3
INTERESTED IN THE 16,000 ACRES? 3
THEY KEEP COMPLAINING ABOUT 3
THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE 3
FARMLAND IS DWINDLING 3
CONSTANTLY, THEN MAYBE THEY 3
WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY MORE TO 3
CONTINUE TO FARM. 3
HE DIDN'T EXPLORE ANY OF THAT. 3
ACTUALLY I DID ASK THAT 3
QUESTION IN THE FIRST HALF 3
BEFORE THE MEETING. 3
IF YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THE EA 3
WORKS, IT IS ABOUT MUCK DUCT. 3
THIS LAND IS NOT PRIME FARMING 3
LAND. 3
THE BEST TENANT IS THE CURRENT 3
TENANT. 3
THAT IS EVEN IN MY OWN 3
BUSINESS. 3
GIVING THE PERSON WHO KNOWS 3
THE LAND WAS ALREADY THERE AND 3
ESTABLISHED WITH ALL OF THE 3
EQUIPMENT READY TO GO IS THE 3
BEST TENANT IF THEY ARE GOOD. 3
FLORIDA CRYSTALS HAS ALWAYS 3
SHOWN TO BE A GOOD TENANT. 3
THE ONLY REASON YOU CAN 3
CANCEL THIS CONTRACT IS TO 3
BUILD THIS RESERVOIR. 3
IF SOME OTHER OPTION CAME 3
AVAILABLE, FOR INSTANCE WATER 3
STORAGE. 3
I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN SCOUTING 3
THE NOTION OF STORING WATER ON 3
THIS FACILITY, BUT IF SUDDENLY 3
TWO YEARS FROM NOW THAT'S 3
BECOMES THE BEST OPTION, YOU 3
ARE STUCK FOR ANOTHER EIGHT 3
YEARS. 3
YOU CANNOT BREAK THIS LEASE. 3
WIPING YOURSELF AND -- IN TO A 3
MANNER THAT GIVES YOU NO 3
OPTIONS FOR EIGHT YEARS? 3
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE BEST 3
OPTION. 3
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 3
ALTERNATIVE WATER STORAGE. 3
THEY SAID MAYBE DISPERSED WATER 3
IS THE BETTER SOLUTION. 3
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LAST TWO 3
MONTHS OF OUR MEETINGS WE HAVE 3
HAD, OUR AGENCY BROUGHT TO US 3
WHERE THE PHOSPHORUS AND 3
NITROGEN IS COMING FROM. 3
THERE IS A LOT AFFECTING 3
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND IT'S 3
ACTUALLY PHOSPHORUS AND 3
NITROGEN. 3
97% OF THE WORK COMES FROM THE 3
NORTH END. 3
MYSELF, AS A GOVERNING BOARD 3
MEMBER, IF I WAS PRESENTED AN 3
OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ALTERNATIVE, 3
AND I COULD COME UP WITH AN 3
ADDITIONAL $10-$20 MILLION, AND 3
KNOWING HOW GOOD THE WATER 3
QUALITY IS SOUTH OF THE LAKE, 3
AND IF I'M BUILDING A TEMPORARY 3
STRUCTURE, EVEN A PERMANENT 3
DISPERSED WATER STRUCTURE ON 3
THE 16,000 ACRES, THE BENEFIT I 3
WOULD GET BY SPENDING THE MONEY 3
ON THE NORTH END OF LAKE 3
OKEECHOBEE IS GOING TO HAVE 3
TREMENDOUS BENEFIT TO THE 3
NORTHERN ESTUARIES WHERE THESE 3
OCCUR. 3
IF I DID IT ON THE SOUTH END OF 3
THE LAKE, IT WOULD HAVE 3
MARGINALLY NO BENEFIT TO LAKE 3
OKEECHOBEE. 3
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, EVEN IF 3
THAT WAS AN ALTERNATIVE, I 3
WOULDN'T SUPPORT IT BECAUSE I 3
WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY ON LAKE 3
OKEECHOBEE. 3
YOU'RE MAKING THE ARGUMENT 3
THAT THIS IS THE BEST APPROACH 3
TO MAKE TO HAVE THIS LEASE. 3
WHY NOT ACTUALLY ALLOW THE 3
PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE IN A 3
DISCUSSION? 3
AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE IDEA OF 3
NOT ALLOWING CONGRESSMAN MASS 3
ARE GOVERNOR ELECT RON DESANTIS 3
AND OTHERS TO WEIGH IN AND 3
PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION. 3
THERE REALLY WASN'T EVEN 3
DEBATE. 3
THERE ARE VERY FEW QUESTIONS 3
ASKED AMONG THE DISTRICT MEMBERS3
. THE STAFF WENT UP THERE, GAVE 3
A PRESENTATION, LEFT SOME 3
THINGS OUT AND THEN YOU ALL 3
VOTED IN FAVOR OF IT. 3
IF IT WAS SUCH A GOOD PLAN, WHY 3
NOT JUST DELAY FOR A MONTH, SO 3
YOU COULD HAVE BUILT CONSENSUS? 3
ALL OF THESE ISSUES WERE 3
HEAVILY DEBATED WHEN SENATE 3
BILL 10 WAS BEING PUSHED FORTH. 3
I KNEW ALL OF THAT DEBATE HAD 3
BEEN DONE. 3
WHEN I WAS APPOINTED BY 3
GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT, I MET WITH 3
HIM WITHIN DAYS AND WAS 3
APPOINTED LATER. 3
STATE SENATOR JOE NEGRON, I 3
MADE PROMISES TO THEM THAT I 3
WOULD DO EVERYTHING IN OUR 3
POWER TO MAKE SURE THE 3
RESERVOIR WAS IN FULL MINUTE 3
ACTS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND 3
WITHOUT DELAY. 3
I DO THIS EVERY DAY. 3
I HAVE KIDS ON THE RIVER 3
EVERY DAY, MY PARENTS HAVE A 3
HOME ON THE ST. LUCIE RIVER, GO 3
TO CHURCH WITH PEOPLE WHO LIVE 3
IN THE COMMUNITY. 3
THERE IS ALMOST NOWHERE I CAN 3
GO AND NOT AVOID THIS ISSUE. 3
I TAKE IT VERY PERSONALLY, IT 3
AFFECTS NOT ONLY IN THE 3
ENVIRONMENT, BUT PEOPLE'S 3
BUSINESSES AND EVERY PART OF MY 3
LIFE. 3
I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW 3
THAT THE REASON I MADE THAT 3
DECISION AND OUR BOARD MADE THE 3
DECISION, WAS TO UPHOLD OUR 3
THOMASES TO GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT 3
AND GOVERNOR ELECT DESANTIS WHO 3
WANTS TO CONTINUE WITH WHAT 3
RICK SCOTT HAS BUILT UPON. 3
HE WANTS TO SEE THE 3
RESERVOIR BUILT AS SOON AS 3
POSSIBLE AND I WILL DO 3
EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO MAKE 3
SURE THAT IT IS DONE AS QUICKLY 3
AS POSSIBLE. 3
IF I HINT OR SMELL ANYTHING 3
THAT CAN LOOK LIKE A DELAY, 3
EVEN IF CONGRESS HAS BEEN -- 3
MASS ASKS FOR A DELAY, WHEN I 3
VOTE THAT WAY I DON'T SEE AN 3
ISSUE WITH THE LEASE. 3
I SEE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO 3
DO AND IT WILL KEEP THE PROJECT 3
MOVING FORWARD. 3
THAT WAS MY ANSWER TO HIM, 3
TO THE PUBLIC AND BEFORE GOD IN 3
THAT MOMENT. 3
I SPOKE TO CONGRESSMAN MASS 3
ON SATURDAY. 3
HE BELIEVES THAT YOU AND THE 3
MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA 3
WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT 3
SHOULD RESIGN. 3
WHAT'S YOUR OPINION? 3
HE IS WRONG. 3
AS HE AND I BUILD A RELATIONSHIP3
-- WE HAVE JUST STARTED IT IN 3
THE LAST FEW MONTHS. 3
WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE ON HOW TO 3
GET THERE, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU 3
I AM A VOLUNTEER. 3
I DON'T GET PAID TO DO THIS. 3
THE REASON I LOVE DOING IT, IS 3
BECAUSE I GREW UP ON THE NORTH 3
END OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. 3
I GREW UP THREE MILES AWAY 3
FROM THE RIVER WHICH IS ONE OF 3
THE BIGGEST ENVIRONMENTAL 3
DISASTERS. 3
I THINK IT INCREDIBLY 3
PERSONALLY. 3
I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I 3
CAN TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS 3
RIGHT. 3
I ASKED HIM SPECIFICALLY 3
WHAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE FACT 3
THAT YOU WENT AHEAD AND VOTED 3
THE WAY THAT YOU DID. 3
HE SAYS I THINK IT SHOWS ME A 3
HUGE LEVEL OF ARROGANCE ON 3
THEIR PART AND A HUGE LEVEL OF 3
ENTITLEMENT. 3
THAT IS WHEN HE WENT ON TO TALK 3
ABOUT HOW HE THINKS IT SHOWS A 3
HUGE LEVEL OF ARROGANCE AND 3
ENTITLEMENT ON THEIR PART. 3
HE SAID I THINK IT SHOWS 3
THIS IS AN ENTITY THAT IS NOT 3
BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE PEOPLE. 3
THE LAW, SENATE BILL 10, 3
WHICH IS WHAT GUIDES US, IS A 3
GUARD RAIL. 3
AS WE ARE GOING ON THIS ROAD, I 3
WANT TO MAKE SURE BUMPING INTO 3
IT. 3
IF IT IS REMOVED AND SENATE 3
BILL 10 DOESN'T GRAB IT SOMEHOW 3
AND WE DRIVE OFF IN A DITCH AND 3
WE DON'T GET TO THE FINISH 3
LINE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE 3
ARE ABLE TO CROSS THE FINISH 3
LINE AND WE ARE FULFILLING THE 3
LAW. WE ARE LASER FOCUSED ON 3
GETTING THAT DONE. 3
I DON'T SEE THAT AS BEING 3
ARROGANT. 3
I'M NOT A POLITICIAN, I'M NOT 3
WORRIED ABOUT IF SOMEONE IS NOT 3
GOING TO VOTE FOR ME. 3
NO MATTER WHAT I DO, SOMEONE IS 3
GOING TO GET UPSET. 3
I DON'T GET PAID TO DO THIS 3
POSITION. 3
MY LIFE WAS GOOD BEFORE 3
THIS, IT WILL BE GOOD AFTER. 3
BUT I REALLY BELIEVE IN WHAT I 3
AM DOING HERE. 3
I'M DOING IT FOR THE PEOPLE AND 3
ALL OF THE RIGHT REASONS, TO 3
GET THE ENVIRONMENT RIGHT. 3
WE HAVE ONE SHOT AT THIS. 3
THIS IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE. 3
I TOLD GOVERNOR SCOTT, THIS 3
IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE OF OUR 3
TIME. 3
WATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY IN 3
SOUTH FLORIDA. 3
IF WE GET THIS WRONG, WE ARE 3
DONE. 3
IT WILL BE AN ECONOMIC DISASTER 3
AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER. 3
I TAKE IT INCREDIBLY PERSONAL. 3
I DON'T SEE THAT AS BEING 3
ARROGANT, AT ALL. 3
I DON'T SEE IT AS AN 3
ENTITLEMENT AT ALL. 3
EDITING -- I THINK THAT IS 3
THE PRESSURE OF KNOWING THE 3
FACTS THAT I KNEW AT THAT TIME. 3
I KNEW WHEN I MADE THAT 3
DECISION IS GOING TO TAKE HEAT 3
FOR IT. 3
BUT I AM AT PEACE TODAY THAT 3
THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO 3
FOR THE PEOPLE IN SOUTH 3
FLORIDA. 3
IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 3
HAS GOVERNOR ELECT DESANTIS 3
-- RON DESANTIS CALLS ON YOU 3
AND OTHER MEMBERS TO RESIGN, 3
WOULD YOU? 3
I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK 3
THAT HE LET ME CONTINUE MY 2 3
1/2 YEARS LEFT ON THIS BOARD. 3
IF HE SITS DOWN WITH ME AND 3
HERE IS MY HEART AND SINCERITY, 3
HE WILL KNOW I WANT TO DO WHAT 3
IS RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE. 3
I WANT TO WORK WITH HIM TO SEE 3
THE RESERVOIR BUILT. 3
I WANT TO GET THE HERBERT 3
HOOVER DIKE FINISHED AND SAVE 3
LOOK -- LAKE OKEECHOBEE. 3
WHEN WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT 3
CONVERSATION, BECAUSE I HAVE 3
NEVER MET HIM, I THINK ONCE WE 3
SIT DOWN ONE-ON-ONE HE WILL 3
THINK TWICE ABOUT ASKING FOR MY 3