Lake O water’s southerly shift helps troubled rivers, officials say | Post on Politics

Ten billion gallons flowing south probably seems too little, too late for those areas east and west of the lake that have suffered from increased fresh water flow into estuaries. Click title for link to the Post on Politics article. This is telling:

Gov. Rick Scott, who in his first year as chief executive, sharply cut the budgets of state water management districts and eliminated the state’s lead growth management agency, is now trying to ease the problem.
Scott, seeking re-election next year, said last month that he wants state lawmakers to pick up the
entire $60 million tab for building a wetland needed to reduce releases from Lake Okeechobee into the St. Lucie.
Scott blasted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for failing to do its share of the project.