Pipes and Pumps? Urge Legislators To Stop Undermining Amendment 1

Adding insult to injury, Republican legislators are pushing legislation to further undermine Amendment 1 conservation funding. HB 1075 and SB 1290 would allow Amendment 1 dollars to be used for things like water pipes and pumps. We need to let our legislators know loud and clear that pumping and piping water is neither land conservation or serious water protection.

Sign the letter to the Florida Legislature below and urge them to reject HB 1075/SB 1290 and keep Amendment 1 from being undermined further.

Letter To The Florida Legislature

We the undersigned urge you to oppose HB 1075/SB 1290 which we believe is yet another cynical attempt to undermine Amendment 1, approved by 75% of Florida voters in 2014.

Amendment 1 funding was meant to fund land and water conservation measures. HB 1075 and SB 1290 would allow Amendment 1 funds to be used for items like water pipes and pumps. This is not serious water conservation or protection and is not an appropriate use of these funds.

We urge you to vote down this insulting legislation and demand you honor the voters' intention of funding actual land and water conservation.

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Subject: Floridians didn’t vote for pipes and pumps

Friends,

Adding insult to injury, Republican legislators are pushing legislation to further undermine Amendment 1 conservation funding. HB 1075 and SB 1290 would allow Amendment 1 dollars to be used for things like water pipes and pumps.

Join me and sign this letter to the Florida Legislature today telling them that further undermining Amendment 1 is unacceptable.

http://act.progressflorida.org/sign/hb1075/?source=taf

In 2014, an overwhelming 75% of Florida voters approved Amendment 1 requiring certain state funds to be used for conserving land and water resources. Amendment 1 was a response by voters to ever shrinking state resources being utilized to purchase sensitive lands for conservation, water protection, and species preservation.

In the 2015 session, legislators brazenly ignored Florida voters outright, diverting Amendment 1 funding to other areas of the state budget. A legal challenge is currently working it’s way through state courts. HB 1075 and SB 1290 are taking this outrage one step further and is simply a finger in the eye of every Florida voter who voted for Amendment 1. We need to let our legislators know loud and clear that pumping and piping water is neither land conservation or serious water protection.

Take action and tell the Florida Legislature to vote no on HB 1075/SB 1290 and keep Amendment 1 funds for protecting Florida’s land and water.

http://act.progressflorida.org/sign/hb1075/?source=taf

Thanks for all you do to preserve Florida for future generations.

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