State agency plays bully when it doesn't get its way in Florida
Here's an interesting story about a government agency in action.
And depending on your point of view, that action could be described as either playing hardball or crossing the line into deception and intimidation.
To set the stage:
The South Florida Water Management District has gotten into a handful of skirmishes this year with environmental types. The executive director called the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service a bunch of "tin-eared bureaucrats,'' and the agency described a Caloosahatchee River Watch group forum as "one-sided detractors in pursuit of an agenda without facts to support it'' even before the forum was held.
There was also a dust-up with Audubon Florida and a disagreement with a former county commissioner in Lee County.
Read more: http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/romano-state-agency-plays-bully-when-it-doesnt-get-its-way-in-florida/2291242