Oct. 18, 2018 - Steve Pieczenik
02:26
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| Hello, local citizens in North Central Florida. | |
| My name is Stasha Rudolph, and I'm here to tell you about a big problem in Bradford County. | |
| I'm a resident of Melrose, Florida, which is in Bradford County, and this problem is really big, as in 11,000 acres of a phosphate strip mine proposed for Bradford and Union County. | |
| Union County said, this doesn't smell right. | |
| Let's do a year moratorium. | |
| Oh, and then a second year moratorium so we could really work on our land use regulations to protect our water and our wetlands and our aquifer. | |
| Bradford County took a different approach. | |
| They said, oh, waltz right in and do a permit, do another permit, predatory mine company, under the shill of a local company called HSP. And even the county attorney says, yes, let us help you by establishing a quasi-judicial situation where now no representative of the county No Bradford County Commissioner can even talk about the proposed mine to local citizens that are concerned. | |
| Hmm. | |
| And then we were supposed to have a workshop so the mining company could tell us how great this phosphate strip mine is. | |
| Hmm. | |
| Workshop canceled. | |
| So now, two years into this, we ask ourselves, what is going on? | |
| We read all about phosphate strip mining and how DeSoto County said no. | |
| Four to one. | |
| The County Commission said no to Mosaic's mine. | |
| Expansion plan. | |
| So Mosaic Mine and other mining companies are looking for virgin turf and they've settled on Bradford County because it's an easy mark. | |
| What to do? | |
| Well, there is one thing you can do and it's really easy. | |
| It's vote for me for County Commissioner. | |
| Now you're going to have to do a little work because I'm a write-in candidate. | |
| So here I'm showing you what to do. | |
| It's County Commissioner, District 4. | |
| Right underneath Danny Riddick's name, there's a spot for a write-in candidate. | |
| Write in my name, Stasha Rudolph. | |
| And make sure you color in the little circle. | |
| I am not afraid of predatory mining companies, and I will not listen to bad advice from county attorneys. | |
| I do not want a phosphate strip mine. | |
| Many people don't. | |
| And I say, just say no. | |
| And write me in Stasha Rudolph, District 4 County Commissioner, and I will fight for clean water and no phosphate strip mine. |
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