Why is it so difficult for our government to do the right thing? Our politicians and agencies inundate us with meetings and deadlines and acronyms to convince us that progress is being made. Yes, we all should attend those meetings, but most of us have jobs or small businesses, kids and parents that we must attended to first. It is not that we don’t care, we do care desperately. How many meetings and rallies are enough before action is taken? We are not lobbyists or lawyers who show up at every one of these “dog and pony” shows. We are not paid by those looking to keep the status quo.

We are looking to our government to protect the people’s interest over those who would further denigrate our environment for one more dollar earned in greed. It is now time to stop meeting and having arbitrary deadlines and creating one more program that will be known by one more acronym. Our government now needs to enact relief for our sickened environment. Instead of spending money on bombing Syria or Iran, how about we fund the restoration of our Everglades. We need the Central Everglades Plan Project funded now.