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Counties balk against governor's suggestion to appoint some oil spill consortium members
Bruce Ritchie, 10/22/2012 - 05:20 PM

Several of the counties on a consortium that is preparing a plan to spend some oil spill money objected Monday to a request by Gov. Rick Scott to appoint one-fourth of the consortium and its chairman. 

This was the first official meeting of the Gulf Consortium, with 21 of 23 Gulf coast counties having signed an agreement since an initial meeting in September hosted by the Florida Association of Counties. 

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Filed in: Environment and Natural Resources, State and Local Administration
Tags: FL Governor Rick Scott, Natural Disaster, Oil Drilling, Oil Spill Compensation & Restoration, Wildlife and Fisheries
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