In Manatee County, red tide, traffic jams (and maybe wild hogs?) have one very bad thing in common

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Week in review: Red tide is getting worse and so is our traffic, big changes could be in the works for Interstate 75 and Vern Buchanan is trying again to ban oil drilling near Florida and make daylight saving time permanent. But first this …

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Liv Coleman @LivColemanFL

.@ManateeGov Commissioners should know wild hogs are running all over #ManateeCounty. We had ten running thru our yard today. We need action plan, because this problem is only going to expand. cc: @GWKruse @Jason_W_Bearden @V_Baugh @Ba11ard @Mcr1217 @jamessatcher @KVOstenbridge

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5 random thoughts

1. The current, nasty red tide bloom off Anna Maria Island and in other local waters, and the traffic jams that are an intransigent part of driving in Manatee County have one thing in common: Both are, to varying extents, the results of years, if not decades, of bad decisions and failures to properly address the consequences of those choices. … We have allowed pollutants from Piney Point — a long-brewing