DeSantis for the win

[jem]

You mean a plant that was opened under democrats... fucking troll.


The Florida gubernatorial election of 1966 took place on November 8, 1966. During the primary election, the results from the Democratic Party was close among three of the four candidates. Thus, the top two Democrat candidates – incumbent Governor of FloridaWilliam "Haydon" Burns and Mayor of MiamiRobert King High – competed in a runoff election on May 24, 1966. In an upset outcome, Robert King High was chosen over W. Haydon Burns as the Democratic Gubernatorial nominee. In contrast, the Republican primary was rather uneventful, with businessman Claude Roy Kirk Jr. easily securing the Republican nomination against Richard Muldrew. In the general election, Claude Kirk won by a margin of 55.13%-44.86% against Robert King High, becoming the first Republican Governor of Florida since the Reconstruction Era.




Where is Piney Point phosphate plant?
Manatee County

Piney Point is an abandoned phosphate plant located north of Palmetto, in Manatee County, near the coastline of lower Tampa Bay. The plant was built in 1966 and produced fertilizer for decades until it was officially abandoned by Mulberry Corporation in 2001.1 day ago

Another deregulatory Libertarian miracle ala Texan electric grid:
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/fl...-verge-catastrophe/?__twitter_impression=true

Toxic wastewater reservoir on verge of collapse in Florida could cause "catastrophic event"

Phosphogypsum is the "radioactive waste" left over from processing phosphate ore into a state that can be used for fertilizer, according to the Center for Biological Diversity.

"In addition to high concentrations of radioactive materials, phosphogypsum and processed wastewater can also contain carcinogens and heavy toxic metals," the center said in a statement on Saturday. "For every ton of phosphoric acid produced, the fertilizer industry creates 5 tons of radioactive phosphogypsum waste, which is stored in mountainous stacks hundreds of acres wide and hundreds of feet tall."

 

[Cuddles]

Another deregulatory Libertarian miracle ala Texan electric grid:
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/fl...-verge-catastrophe/?__twitter_impression=true

Toxic wastewater reservoir on verge of collapse in Florida could cause "catastrophic event"

Phosphogypsum is the "radioactive waste" left over from processing phosphate ore into a state that can be used for fertilizer, according to the Center for Biological Diversity.

"In addition to high concentrations of radioactive materials, phosphogypsum and processed wastewater can also contain carcinogens and heavy toxic metals," the center said in a statement on Saturday. "For every ton of phosphoric acid produced, the fertilizer industry creates 5 tons of radioactive phosphogypsum waste, which is stored in mountainous stacks hundreds of acres wide and hundreds of feet tall."

inb4 50 yrs ago:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy

 

[Tsing Tao]

You mean a plant that was opened under democrats... fucking troll.


The Florida gubernatorial election of 1966 took place on November 8, 1966. During the primary election, the results from the Democratic Party was close among three of the four candidates. Thus, the top two Democrat candidates – incumbent Governor of FloridaWilliam "Haydon" Burns and Mayor of MiamiRobert King High – competed in a runoff election on May 24, 1966. In an upset outcome, Robert King High was chosen over W. Haydon Burns as the Democratic Gubernatorial nominee. In contrast, the Republican primary was rather uneventful, with businessman Claude Roy Kirk Jr. easily securing the Republican nomination against Richard Muldrew. In the general election, Claude Kirk won by a margin of 55.13%-44.86% against Robert King High, becoming the first Republican Governor of Florida since the Reconstruction Era.




Where is Piney Point phosphate plant?
Manatee County

Piney Point is an abandoned phosphate plant located north of Palmetto, in Manatee County, near the coastline of lower Tampa Bay. The plant was built in 1966 and produced fertilizer for decades until it was officially abandoned by Mulberry Corporation in 2001.1 day ago

Right. Now all superfunds are the responsibility of the current administration.

He's a dope.

 

[gwb-trading]

"FL governor pledges to make owner pay" -- What a laugh. The owner of the company is William F. Harley, III. of Massapequa, New York. He is a regular donor to GOP and candidates over many years. DeSantis never holds GOP donors accountable.

Company that owns leaking Florida wastewater reservoir filed bankruptcy, sued by bank
FL governor pledges to make owner pay
https://www.wtkr.com/news/national/...water-reservoir-filed-bankruptcy-sued-by-bank

Late last week, officials in Florida discovered a small leak at a Florida wastewater reservoir that quickly prompted a state of emergency and mass evacuations in the area. While touring the former Piney Point phosphate mine on Sunday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pledged he would hold the property owner financially responsible for the mess.

But according to newly uncovered records, that might be a difficult task.

“Please allow me to begin with, this is very unfortunate. I am very sorry, and all steps and measures that I know of are being taken,” said HRK Holdings, LLC employee Jeff Barath last Thursday to Manatee County Commissioners.

He was called to the meeting last Thursday to explain how a small leak quickly became a major emergency, leading to the evacuation of hundreds of residents the next day.

The contaminated water stored on the site has been an issue since the phosphate mine shut down in 2001.

“The county didn’t permit this site, we didn’t create this mess, yet here we are,” Manatee County Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge said.

DeSantis, who toured the site Sunday, has mobilized the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and other resources to help.

“Our administration is dedicated to full enforcement of any damages to our state’s resources and holding the company HRK accountable for this event. This is not acceptable. This is not something we will allow to persist,” DeSantis said.

Barath assured commissioners the company will make it right.

“This is my community, too. And we are doing everything possible to prevent a true catastrophe, which would be the failure of that stack system,” Barath said.

But getting the company to come up with millions of dollars to pay for containment and clean-up could be a problem.

The company’s authorized representative is William F. Harley, III. of Massapequa, New York. He’s a hedge fund manager who recently became CEO of a medical marijuana venture.

Prior to that, records show he owned multiple Hooters franchises and served as a director and major investor Frederick’s of Hollywood, which sells lingerie and adult novelties.

Harley signed off as the debtor on a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition for HRK Holdings, LLC. in 2012, just six years after the company was formed. It currently leases space to multiple companies that have operations near Port Manatee.

At the time of the bankruptcy filing, the company included an exhibit saying it needed money to repair and monitor the facility.

“If the materials are not properly monitored and maintained, or if a gypstack failure occurs, the materials may pose a risk to the environment in the future,” the document says,

During and after the bankruptcy case, HRK Holdings continued to borrow millions from a bank, but according to a foreclosure lawsuit filed in Manatee County Circuit Court last November, the company didn’t pay it back.

The phone number for HRK Holdings, LLC. in Manatee County is disconnected.

 

[Tsing Tao]

"FL governor pledges to make owner pay" -- What a laugh. The owner of the company is William F. Harley, III. of Massapequa, New York. He is a regular donor to GOP and candidates over many years. DeSantis never holds GOP donors accountable.

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Company that owns leaking Florida wastewater reservoir filed bankruptcy, sued by bank
FL governor pledges to make owner pay
https://www.wtkr.com/news/national/...water-reservoir-filed-bankruptcy-sued-by-bank

Late last week, officials in Florida discovered a small leak at a Florida wastewater reservoir that quickly prompted a state of emergency and mass evacuations in the area. While touring the former Piney Point phosphate mine on Sunday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pledged he would hold the property owner financially responsible for the mess.

But according to newly uncovered records, that might be a difficult task.

“Please allow me to begin with, this is very unfortunate. I am very sorry, and all steps and measures that I know of are being taken,” said HRK Holdings, LLC employee Jeff Barath last Thursday to Manatee County Commissioners.

He was called to the meeting last Thursday to explain how a small leak quickly became a major emergency, leading to the evacuation of hundreds of residents the next day.

The contaminated water stored on the site has been an issue since the phosphate mine shut down in 2001.

“The county didn’t permit this site, we didn’t create this mess, yet here we are,” Manatee County Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge said.

DeSantis, who toured the site Sunday, has mobilized the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and other resources to help.

“Our administration is dedicated to full enforcement of any damages to our state’s resources and holding the company HRK accountable for this event. This is not acceptable. This is not something we will allow to persist,” DeSantis said.

Barath assured commissioners the company will make it right.

“This is my community, too. And we are doing everything possible to prevent a true catastrophe, which would be the failure of that stack system,” Barath said.

But getting the company to come up with millions of dollars to pay for containment and clean-up could be a problem.

The company’s authorized representative is William F. Harley, III. of Massapequa, New York. He’s a hedge fund manager who recently became CEO of a medical marijuana venture.

Prior to that, records show he owned multiple Hooters franchises and served as a director and major investor Frederick’s of Hollywood, which sells lingerie and adult novelties.

Harley signed off as the debtor on a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition for HRK Holdings, LLC. in 2012, just six years after the company was formed. It currently leases space to multiple companies that have operations near Port Manatee.

At the time of the bankruptcy filing, the company included an exhibit saying it needed money to repair and monitor the facility.

“If the materials are not properly monitored and maintained, or if a gypstack failure occurs, the materials may pose a risk to the environment in the future,” the document says,

During and after the bankruptcy case, HRK Holdings continued to borrow millions from a bank, but according to a foreclosure lawsuit filed in Manatee County Circuit Court last November, the company didn’t pay it back.

The phone number for HRK Holdings, LLC. in Manatee County is disconnected.

is this another fake narrative like the whole "DeSantis gave Publix the vaccine contract and Publix is a donor" horseshit that is falling apart in the news now? Or is it a new fake narrative? So hard to keep up with the GWB lies ™.

State Democrats slam 'intentionally false' reporting

DeSantis himself subsequently slammed the report, claiming it was "selectively edited" and was "done with malicious intent and a reckless disregard for the truth."

The governor's language was likely carefully chosen: Establishing "reckless disregard for the truth" is a key aspect of defamation law, with plaintiffs usually having to prove that element to win a libel suit.

Whether or not DeSantis will mount such an effort remains unclear. Yet in the days since its report, CBS has been broadly criticized not just by conservatives but by a bipartisan chorus including some Florida Democrats.

Jared Moskowitz, a Democratic politician in the state and the head of Florida's Division of Emergency Management, last week slammed the insinuations from the news outlet that the choice of Publix had been untoward.

"I said this before and I'll say it again," he wrote on Twitter. "[Publix] was recommended by [Emergency Management] and [the Florida Department of Health] as the other pharmacies were not ready to start. Period! Full Stop!"

"No one from the Governors office suggested Publix," he added. "It's just absolute malarkey."​

 

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is this another fake narrative like the whole "DeSantis gave Publix the vaccine contract and Publix is a donor" horseshit that is falling apart in the news now? Or is it a new fake narrative? So hard to keep up with the GWB lies ™.

State Democrats slam 'intentionally false' reporting

DeSantis himself subsequently slammed the report, claiming it was "selectively edited" and was "done with malicious intent and a reckless disregard for the truth."

The governor's language was likely carefully chosen: Establishing "reckless disregard for the truth" is a key aspect of defamation law, with plaintiffs usually having to prove that element to win a libel suit.

Whether or not DeSantis will mount such an effort remains unclear. Yet in the days since its report, CBS has been broadly criticized not just by conservatives but by a bipartisan chorus including some Florida Democrats.

Jared Moskowitz, a Democratic politician in the state and the head of Florida's Division of Emergency Management, last week slammed the insinuations from the news outlet that the choice of Publix had been untoward.

"I said this before and I'll say it again," he wrote on Twitter. "[Publix] was recommended by [Emergency Management] and [the Florida Department of Health] as the other pharmacies were not ready to start. Period! Full Stop!"

"No one from the Governors office suggested Publix," he added. "It's just absolute malarkey."​

So two Democrats who are likely to be indicted for misuse of office by the Feds for their COVID vaccine shenanigans including the mayor of wealthy Palm Beach who got vaccines are pushing back on the 60 Minutes report exposing them. How surprising.

Let's see if Ron DeSantis sticks with his commitment to hold the owner, HRK Holdings, LLC, of the waste lagoon responsible. In the meantime you can enjoy all the toxic waste water being pumped into Tampa Bay.

 

[Tsing Tao]

So two Democrats who are likely to be indicted for misuse of office by the Feds for their COVID vaccine shenanigans including the mayor of wealthy Palm Beach who got vaccines are pushing back on the 60 Minutes report exposing them. How surprising.

Let's see if Ron DeSantis sticks with his commitment to hold the owner of the waste lagoon responsible. In the meantime you can enjoy all the toxic waste water being pumped into Tampa Bay.

Ah, there's the GWB patented move. Slander the source, not the info.

Publix was the only vendor ready to handle the supply. Other drug chains had the option, they did not ask. Its really that simple.

What will you do if DeSantis does, indeed, hold them accountable?

Probably claim it "isn't enough".

Oh, and I'm sure you'll find something on the Palm Beach mayor as well soon. Just keep in mind you've quoted him before on slamming DeSantis so it might be harder to discount his statements without seeming like your usual hypocrite.

A Monday statement from Palm Beach County's Democratic Mayor Dave Kerner, meanwhile, echoed DeSantis's allegation that the "60 Minutes" segment was deliberately misleading.

"The reporting was not just based on bad information — it was intentionally false," he wrote. "I know this because I offered to provide my insight into Palm Beach County's vaccination efforts and 60 minutes [sic] declined. They know that the Governor came to Palm Beach County and met with me and the County Administration and we asked to expand the state's partnership with Publix to Palm Beach County."

"We asked and he delivered," Kerner continued. "They had that information, and they left it out because it kneecaps their narrative."

In a statement, CBS appeared to dispute Kerner's version of events.

"Counter to his statement yesterday, we ... spoke on the record with Palm Beach County Mayor David Kerner," Kevin Tedesco, the director of communications for "60 Minutes," told Just the News.

Tedesco also said the program "spoke to State Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz twice, but he declined to be interviewed on camera for our story until well after our deadline," and that "60 Minutes" also "requested an interview with Gov. Ron DeSantis" but "he declined."​

 

[gwb-trading]

Ah, there's the GWB patented move. Slander the source, not the info.

Publix was the only vendor ready to handle the supply. Other drug chains had the option, they did not ask. Its really that simple.

What will you do if DeSantis does, indeed, hold them accountable?

Probably claim it "isn't enough".

Oh, and I'm sure you'll find something on the Palm Beach mayor as well soon. Just keep in mind you've quoted him before on slamming DeSantis so it might be harder to discount his statements without seeming like your usual hypocrite.

A Monday statement from Palm Beach County's Democratic Mayor Dave Kerner, meanwhile, echoed DeSantis's allegation that the "60 Minutes" segment was deliberately misleading.

"The reporting was not just based on bad information — it was intentionally false," he wrote. "I know this because I offered to provide my insight into Palm Beach County's vaccination efforts and 60 minutes [sic] declined. They know that the Governor came to Palm Beach County and met with me and the County Administration and we asked to expand the state's partnership with Publix to Palm Beach County."

"We asked and he delivered," Kerner continued. "They had that information, and they left it out because it kneecaps their narrative."

In a statement, CBS appeared to dispute Kerner's version of events.

"Counter to his statement yesterday, we ... spoke on the record with Palm Beach County Mayor David Kerner," Kevin Tedesco, the director of communications for "60 Minutes," told Just the News.

Tedesco also said the program "spoke to State Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz twice, but he declined to be interviewed on camera for our story until well after our deadline," and that "60 Minutes" also "requested an interview with Gov. Ron DeSantis" but "he declined."​

DeSantis claims that he will hold the owner of the waste lagoon accountable and "make the owner pay". Tell us how the governor is going to meet his promise to hold the HRK Holdings, LLC accountable when they have folded and disconnected their phone in the state. Or make the owner, GOP Donor William F. Harley, III. of Massapequa, New York "pay" when he is protected by the LLC business entity. Of course the HRK Holdings, LLC is bankrupt already and is being sued by a bank unsuccessfully.

Get back to us when Ron DeSantis gets the owner to "pay". Otherwise Gov. DeSantis is merely pushing propaganda again and has no intent to deliver with actual effective action.

 

[Tsing Tao]

DeSantis claims that he will hold the owner of the waste lagoon accountable and "make the owner pay". Tell us how the governor is going to meet his promise to hold the HRK Holdings, LLC accountable when they have folded and disconnected their phone in the state. Or make the owner, GOP Donor William F. Harley, III. of Massapequa, New York "pay" when he is protected by the LLC business entity. Of course the HRK Holdings, LLC is bankrupt already and is being sued by a bank unsuccessfully.

Get back to us when Ron DeSantis gets the owner to "pay". Otherwise Gov. DeSantis is merely pushing propaganda again and has no intent to deliver with actual effective action.

I guess we will see, won't we. If he makes him pay, you'll say it isn't enough. If he doesn't because the man is protected by law, you'll make it about how he said it and didn't do it. No matter what he does, he's evil in your book so who cares.

 

[gwb-trading]

I guess we will see, won't we. If he makes him pay, you'll say it isn't enough. If he doesn't because the man is protected by law, you'll make it about how he said it and didn't do it. No matter what he does, he's evil in your book so who cares.

Let me set the standard -- if the "owner" (rather than insurance companies) pays a single dime for the clean-up of this waste lagoon disaster then I will consider Gov. DeSantis successful in terms of making the owner "pay".

I doubt whether this will happen.... so DeSantis's statement about making the owner "pay" is little more than political posturing.