Kurt Harclerode Quotations

We have asked for state legislative support, and we are pleased that the county is working with our federal elected officials to try and bring money back to these projects.

It doesn't necessarily mean a building moratorium, but it's severe enough we need to look at additional permitting.

We need more rain. Last year we had a lot of rain, and that really helped.

That will be hard for the people wanting to build.

When the C-43 first became an Everglades restoration project, quantity was the issue. But then last summer we had all the problems with blue-green algae and concern over whether it would have low water quality. So at that point the district said we would include water-quality options when we are creating our test cell.

It's serious. We need to conserve year-round, but this is crunch time.

That's one way to spend taxpayer dollars. Maybe they should call expert witnesses from New Orleans to testify what happens when you don't have proper flood control.

That isn't a whole lot. It's getting close enough that we're concerned, and we're having these meetings.

It's done to relieve flooding pressures around Lake Okeechobee, protect lives and property around the lake, and that's why we had to do this.

An atmosphere has been whipped up by our local media with a marketing campaign that doesn't ask for or provide solutions, but only wants people to come protest and show their anger. We hope there will be an opportunity for our staff to present information to our board as well as for our board to take informed public comment.