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Did you know?

  • 46% of local businesses in 2018 lost half of their business due to Red Tide. (source)
  • 804 manatees and 174 dolphins were killed by Red Tide just in 2018. (source)
  • Mote Marine concluded that Red Tide feeds off of human contributed pollutants. (source)  

There is no District 72 without clean, clear water. Our environment and the local economy that depends on it are our inheritance, our paycheck, and our retirement. 


And yet, virtually every neighborhood in District 72 has a storm water retention pond containing high levels of pesticide, herbicide and arsenic. The aquifer that flows just below our feet is being drained and polluted. We drink bottled water because we don’t trust what flows from our tap.


Years of failed and neglectful state policies have protected the interests of polluters and mismanaged developers at the expense of our beaches and aquifers. The stench of Red Tide represented a catastrophic failure of our legislature to protect our water supply. Over $15 million tax dollars were spent to clean millions of dead fish from our beaches just in 2019. Tens of millions more were lost as tourists avoided our shores. Many small business owners paid the consequence and were forced to shut down.


This neglect must stop. I am committed to protecting our natural resources, our priceless beaches, and the economy they support by forming alliances with inland counties and drafting laws criminalizing the pollution of our waterways.   

 

Please join me, Drake Buckman, to fight for the right to clean water supplies for District 72 as your candidate for State Representative. 


Sarasota County Utilities issues an annual report summarizing the quality of their water. A copy of the Sarasota water quality report can be viewed on the Sarasota County website. We all need to work to protect our water supplies in Florida. You can help by doing the following:

  • Never dump oil or other chemicals down drains or sewers, take them to recycling stations
  • Minimize the use of lawn treatment chemicals and pesticides around your home
  • Don’t overfill your automobile causing gasoline to splash onto the ground, it can end up in storm runoff
  • Don’t throw any hazardous chemicals down home drains; in many cases, the waste treatment plant can’t remove it and it ends up in our waterways



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Drake Buckman For Florida State Rep District 72

2023 Constitution Blvd Sarasota, FL 34231

Paid by Drake Buckman, Democrat, for FL State Representative