Steve Pieczenik - Local Opus 1 Write In Stasia Rudolph
Aired: 2018-10-18
Duration: 02:26

[00:00:01]  Hello, local citizens in North Central Florida.
[00:00:04]  My name is Stasha Rudolph, and I'm here to tell you about a big problem in Bradford County.
[00:00:10]  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.
[00:00:23]  Union County said, this doesn't smell right.
[00:00:26]  Let's do a year moratorium.
[00:00:28]  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.
[00:00:38]  Bradford County took a different approach.
[00:00:40]  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.
[00:01:05]  Hmm.
[00:01:05]  And then we were supposed to have a workshop so the mining company could tell us how great this phosphate strip mine is.
[00:01:12]  Hmm.
[00:01:13]  Workshop canceled.
[00:01:14]  So now, two years into this, we ask ourselves, what is going on?
[00:01:19]  We read all about phosphate strip mining and how DeSoto County said no.
[00:01:24]  Four to one.
[00:01:25]  The County Commission said no to Mosaic's mine.
[00:01:28]  Expansion plan.
[00:01:29]  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.
[00:01:38]  What to do?
[00:01:39]  Well, there is one thing you can do and it's really easy.
[00:01:42]  It's vote for me for County Commissioner.
[00:01:45]  Now you're going to have to do a little work because I'm a write-in candidate.
[00:01:48]  So here I'm showing you what to do.
[00:01:50]  It's County Commissioner, District 4.
[00:01:53]  Right underneath Danny Riddick's name, there's a spot for a write-in candidate.
[00:01:57]  Write in my name, Stasha Rudolph.
[00:02:00]  And make sure you color in the little circle.
[00:02:03]  I am not afraid of predatory mining companies, and I will not listen to bad advice from county attorneys.
[00:02:10]  I do not want a phosphate strip mine.
[00:02:13]  Many people don't.
[00:02:15]  And I say, just say no.
[00:02:17]  And write me in Stasha Rudolph, District 4 County Commissioner, and I will fight for clean water and no phosphate strip mine.