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To: Mark Adams who wrote (41862)	11/21/2003 10:58:33 PM
From: Bill/WA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Mark, re: sugar Being born, raised, and lived for 50 years in Palm Bch County, FL., the sugar barons have always been a sore spot, for many Floridians. Money is power and it has raped Florida from the get-go. Farmers & developers getting the Corp of Engineers to drain the everglades (at taxpayers expense). The State finally made all the cattle ranchers move their cattle from the near areas of Lake Okeechobee, which were causing a devastating death blow of algae bloom to the great lake. The sugar barons ended up paying a fraction of the cost of the everglades (you & I took the brunt of it). The lower Gulf of Mexico encompassed by the northern side of the Keys to which the Glades drain, will probably never return to normal from the run-off. For a short interesting story of how money talks, see; opensecrets.org on the Fanjul family. Check your PM's for an OT message. Bill/WA