{"id":7854,"date":"2014-02-27T07:50:26","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T12:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=7854"},"modified":"2014-02-27T07:53:26","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T12:53:26","slug":"1000-feet-is-not-enough-merrillee-malwitz-jipson-gcc-2014-02-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/1000-feet-is-not-enough-merrillee-malwitz-jipson-gcc-2014-02-20.html","title":{"rendered":"1,000 feet is not enough &#8211;Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson @ GCC 2014-02-20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiFXpj8wqFoG6eEJj52VegYd\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/BoSS7z8SqeM\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nThe President of Our Santa Fe River said even much more distance\r\nthan the pipeline company was proposing wouldn&#8217;t be far enough away from\r\nher river,\r\nand the Chairman said specific answers were lacking from the pipeline company,\r\nat the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/sabal-trail-interrogated-in-gilchrist-county-florida-gcc-2014-02-20.html\">\r\nGilchrist County Commission meeting 20 February 2014<\/a>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=7852\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/our-santa-fe-river.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=7849\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/merrillee2-small.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nMerrillee Malwitz-Jipson, President of\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/oursantaferiver.org\/about-our-santa-fe-river-inc\/our-board\/name\/merrillee-malwitz-jipson\/\">Our Santa Fe River<\/a>, said:\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\nI don&#8217;t think a thousand feet on either side is going to deal\r\nwith the impacts on the Santa Fe River.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nShe asked for the Commission&#8217;s support.\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=7846\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/chairman-small.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gilchrist.fl.us\/commissioners.html\">\r\nChairman D. Ray Harrison Jr (District 2)<\/a> thanked her and added:<!--more-->\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\nI think the general public feels that the transparency\r\nis not there.\r\nWe are seeking more specific answers than general answers,\r\nand we&#8217;re getting a lot of general answers.\r\nAnd it would help everybody&#8217;s feelings if we could get more specific answers.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nHe indicated better answers might better address landowners&#8217; concerns.\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\nThey&#8217;re not being specific enough with the concerns people have\r\nand we&#8217;re hoping that this meeting will improve that.\r\nSo, we&#8217;ll see.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nWe had already seen most of it by that point almost two hours into the session.\r\nWe saw a lot of general answers from Spectra Energy and Sabal Trail Transmission.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiFXpj8wqFoG6eEJj52VegYd\">\r\na video playlist:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLshUv86fYkiFXpj8wqFoG6eEJj52VegYd\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\n1,000 feet is not enough &#8211;Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson\r\n<br>\r\nVideo by John S. 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