From Peter Schorsch: "Death Mermaid, paid actors, melodrama cheapen Everglades policy debate"

Well, that didn't take long. The story by Christine Stapleton in The Palm Beach Post is getting attention statewide. Peter Schorsch at the SaintPetersBlog has his take on this serious issue concerning water policy in Florida:

     Amid a lot of silly frivolity in the Legislature and in Congress these days, grassroots organizations and activists ought to be a bottom-up example of how to really engage in the issues without all the drama and tomfoolery.
     Instead we get a troupe of actors posing as Florida’s ultimate stakeholders, the engaged citizenry, on one hand and a warmed-over cover version of the infamous Death Mermaid on the other.
     I’m all about using communication persuasively, that’s how I make a living. And I’ve participated in some electoral theater here and there myself. But we can do better than cheap sideshows when it comes to the debate over how Florida will manage its most precious natural resources.