The St. Pete Times dropped a scathing editorial today on Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) for signing a bill that transfers management authority of water pumping and wetlands destruction away from the five governing boards that allowed for public comment.

Here's a sample:

Gov. Charlie Crist's sellout to developers is now complete. He signed into law Tuesday a bill that neuters the governing boards of the state's five water management districts, which grant permits for large-scale water pumping and wetlands destruction. Now that authority will rest solely in the hands of the districts' executive directors. Developers and big industry will be able to more easily drain Florida and pave over what's left.

Piece by piece, this governor has systematically dismantled what little protections there are for Floridians fed up with traffic and overdevelopment.
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In Tallahassee, state legislators usually can be expected to do the bidding of the powerful and well-financed. This governor was not expected to let them get away with it. But Crist is running for the U.S. Senate and raising campaign cash from special interests that will benefit from the dismantling of growth management and the water management districts. Perhaps it is best that he has his sights on Washington. He has done more than enough damage in Tallahassee.