Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday night vetoed a measure that would have increased warnings for Floridians and tourists when a beach or public waterway is polluted.
The bill required the Florida Department of Healthto issue health advisories if water quality failed to meet the agency’s standards and required closing polluted beaches “if it is deemed necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public,” according to a House staff analysis of the bill.
The measure also required municipalities and counties to notify the state health department of unsafe water quality within 24 hours and required counties to post signs warning of unsafe waters, according to the bill.
Not only was the bill bipartisan, it sailed through both the Florida House and Senate with unanimous approval.
This guys pulling a Mayor Vaughn now “keep the beaches open!”
Is Snidley Whiplash this guy’s chief of staff?
This is a cartoonish level of villainy.
They won’t have to worry about testing water when the sea levels rise from climate change.
Ah the good old republican way. Just ignore the issue and there is no issue!
Exactly like trump’s “just don’t test” when covid rolled around and he didn’t like the numbers.
That felon is personally responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans.
If people don’t know the water is polluted then they can’t get sick from it.
taps forehead
This guy really is a meatball. No brains, just meat.
nAtUrAl ImMuNiTy!
He should prove it by drinking some
Ahh, the Erin Brockovich move.
Does he ever offer any reasoning behind these veteos? Why do this (aside from just calling it “ill-advised”)? And what about cancelling every single Arts education grant across the entire state?!
It’s in the article.
Does he ever offer any reasoning behind these veteos?
I haven’t followed this issue, but if I were governor of a state that had a major beach tourism industry, I probably wouldn’t be out trying to increase the profile of any pollution issues.
He’s saying the call to close a beach should be local, not at the state level. Of course the locals will never close a beach. Anyone seen Jaws?
OTOH, I’m not aware of anywhere here in NW Florida that suffers pollution. Red tide maybe should call for a shutdown, and I believe it occasionally does.
And I have to agree. Anyone choking our economic lifeline isn’t getting back in office to do it again. Seems an easy call when you’re not fucking with 10’s of thousands of livelihoods.
No idea what the answer is, but a higher authority (the state) should make the call.
If there are spots where people shouldn’t swim, they should know that it could hurt them… no wonder the world sucks.
There’s plenty of places to swim, not all of them are unsafe.
I’d question what’s “unsafe”, but this was bipartisan and unanimous. Hopefully the governor gets overruled by the legislature.
