This is a link to good article in The Bradenton Times about the excellent outcome in DeSoto County:
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DeSoto Won’t Be Easily Wooed
Link to article in the Charlotte Sun Our View July 29, 2018 regarding Mosaic’s defeat in their recent zoning application attempt:
DeSoto Rejects New Mosaic Mine
DeSoto County rejects new Mosaic phosphate mine, surprising even mining foes
Tampa Bay Times News Roundup – Craig Pittman
Updated: July 26, 2018 at 12:41 PM
The world’s largest phosphate company, Mosaic Co., lost its bid Wednesday night to open a new mine on 18,000 acres of land near one of the state’s most pristine creeks.
After hearing impassioned testimony from hundreds of people over the course of two days, the DeSoto County Commission voted 4-1 Wednesday to reject Mosaic’s request to change the zoning on its property from agricultural to mining.
FULL ARTICLE IN TAMPA BAY TIMES AT THIS LINK:
DeSoto Hearing Dates Public Notice
Mark your calendars for these vital dates. Public appearance, voicing your concerns about the future of DeSoto County, take action that impacts your own future. Make a Difference!
Public Hearing Notice 7-24-18 (Link to full Notice)
Public Hearing:
July 24, 2018 (Tuesday) 6:30pm to 10:30pm
July 25, 2018 (Wednesday). 9am to noon and 2pm to 7pm
Letters to the Arcadian Newspaper – June 14, 2018
Letters to the Arcadian June 14, 2018
More letters to the Arcadian June 14, 2018
Side note to Debbie Taylor re your comment about how important phosphate is to get clothes clean. Phosphates were banned from use back in the early 1970s due to extreme environmental damage from water runoff into our water system. And yet, our clothes still get clean.
Several Letters and a Cartoon in the Arcadian re: Mining DeSoto
Letters from Concerned Citizens:
http://arcadian.fl.app.newsmemory.com/publink.php?shareid=148c7c2c9
Editorial Cartoon:
http://arcadian.fl.app.newsmemory.com/publink.php?shareid=3ffda03cd
Concerned Citizens Speak Out at DeSoto Zoning Meeting
History of Mining Protest in DeSoto
This presentation by Dennis Mader, introduced by Andy Mele, was delivered to a full-house audience on May 31, 2018 in Arcadia, DeSoto County, FL. Dennis discusses the fact that phosphate mining activities have been the subject of citizen protest for decades and continues on today.
Letter to Arcadian – Be Accountable!
May we all stand and be accountable
Topic of the day … is phosphate [stripand- rape] mining good or bad for DeSoto County? Will the citizens be heard, or will their pleas fall on deaf ears dull of hearing? Will it be profit over people, again?
I wanted to make a public announcement that I pray for this county and all that goes on here. Nothing is done or said without God knowing. May we all stand and be accountable for ourselves now and for the future of DeSoto County and the surrounding county, especially those who get their drinking water from the low river/ Horse Creek through the Peace River/ Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority. Just how many wells, wetlands, flag ponds, sloughs, named and unnamed stream tributaries to the Peace River and Horse Creek, are within the proposed mining boundary in DeSoto County?
There is a scheduled planning/zoning board meeting in Arcadia on June 5-6. Please attend, thank you.
Molly Bowen
Arcadia
Our Job is to TELL THE TRUTH
We want to make people aware of the reality of phosphate strip mining that has already destroyed over thousands of acres in Peace River Heartland. Located in DeSoto County on US 17 South near Nocatee, Florida. Please visit and follow for the most up-to-date information concerning your community.
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