NO PUBLIC ANYTHING – NOT EVEN NATIONAL PARKS

Environmentally sensitive areas, waterfront public land, riverfront and all lands above low water mark

The Republicans are not just attacking the middle class…they are also at war with the nation in their quest to privatize everything. Turning over government lands to developers, mining and oil conglomerates give away is their goal.

It is clear that they will not stop until they see a high rise condo at the edge of the Grand Canyon and a theme park inside Yosemite…and the speculation is endless…heavy oil exploration and drilling off California, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. 

The Everglades will finally be completely drained to make room for big sugar and all the lakes and rivers that have any valuable waterfront would be parceled out to developers. 

This obsession of theirs has no limits and makes no sense. They hate public ownership so much and government parks and lands that they are willing to destroy the very environment that makes life possible in this great land of ours. 

And I am not just blowing hot air out of my ass – here is the new initiative by Florida right wing legislators:

 

Some Florida legislators want to privatize up to 500,000 acres of public lands along our cherished lakes and rivers. We need to stop them.
Write your state legislators today and urge them to reject HB 1103/SB 1362, the Florida Land Grab Act of 2012.
This latest scheme by the Florida Legislature to give away our greatest natural treasures to private entities is a sneaky maneuver which changes something called the “ordinary high water line.” Everything below this line belongs to Floridians. The Florida Land Grab Act would change this line from a lake or river’s high water mark to its low mark¹. This may seem like an insignificant change, but it could give away as much as a half million acres of public land along our streams, lakes, and rivers.
The biggest reason to oppose the Florida Land Grab Act of 2012 is that it attacks one of our core Florida values: protecting and preserving our land and water. This land has always belonged to the people of Florida: not big developers, timber companies, or corporate farms. Hunters, hikers, boaters, fishermen, and Floridians from all walks of life use these lands for recreation. And these lands are important for wildlife and for protecting water quality.
Protect our lakes and rivers from the Florida Land Grab Act of 2012 and write your state representatives today. Tell them to stop HB 1103/SB 1362.
There are some things that we Floridians own together, and that aren’t for sale: our natural treasures, our public schools, our roads and infrastructure, and more. Let's keep it that way.
Thanks for your help in protecting our state’s lakes and rivers.
For progress,
Mark, Ray, and the rest of the Progress Florida team