VoteWater looks down the road at the challenges ahead - and our response     2024 will be a year to GET LOUD 2024 is about ready to rock and roll. And at VoteWater, so are we. The Florida Legislature convenes Jan. 9 and session runs through March 8. Several dirty-water proposals have already been filed; more are sure to follow. We’ll be tracking them all, and we’ll make it easier for you to weigh in. Beyond this, 2024 is looking like it could be a year of discharges for the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee estuaries. And of course, 2024 is an election year, and all that portends. Over the years many VoteWater supporters have said they back us because we “get loud.” On the surface, much has changed since we were founded as Bullsugar.org in 2014. But with harmful algae blooms a yearly threat on Lake Okeechobee, and with the next discharge-fed tide fed always around the next corner, we haven’t really solved our problems. So in 2024 we pledge to GET LOUD when conditions warrant it. We're in it to win it — and if you are too, check our latest blog post for more about what we've got up our sleeves in the new year. PLEASE SUPPORT VOTEWATER   Why is this seat on the SFWMD Governing Board still vacant? Earlier this year we told you how Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch, perhaps the staunchest clean-water advocate on the South Florida Water Management District Governing Board, lost her seat after Gov. Ron DeSantis renominated her but the Florida Senate declined to confirm her. Here we are nine months later, and as writer Ed Killer notes in a recent TCPalm/Stuart News column, DeSantis has scrambled to fill other local vacancies - but Thurlow-Lippisch's former seat continues to sit empty. So when will the Guv fill it, and what type of candidate will he fill it with? We take a closer look in a recent blog post. BECOME A MEMBER DONATE VoteWater 3727 SE Ocean Blvd Suite 200-A Stuart, FL 34996 | (772) 212-2939 VoteWater | 3727 SE Ocean Blvd, Suite 200-A, Stuart, FL 34996 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!