Tampa Bay Times Editorial February 24, 2017 Scott Pruitt was unfit to lead the Environmental Protection Agency even before the release of emails last week revealing how as Oklahoma’s attorney general he worked hand-in-hand with the energy industry to fight the federal agency he now leads. It already was an open question how this surrogate […]
Giant, radioactive sinkhole kept secret for weeks
October 1, 2016 – Orlando Sentinel by Scott Maxwell If you’ve ever watched bad science-fiction movies, you know that when you combine two terrifying things, you get one even more-terrifying thing. Like a sharktopus, sharknado or even an atomic twister. Such horrors sound too bizarre for reality — but maybe not for Florida. About 60 […]
Too much secrecy about public health risks
September 19, 2016 – Tampa Bay Times Editorial There is too much government secrecy in Florida and Tampa Bay about recent public health threats. Whether it’s Zika or sewage spills or contaminated water flowing from a fertilizer plant, public officials should be giving residents more information in a more timely manner. Floridians have long insisted […]
