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MEMORANDUM: Flags at Half-Staff to Honor Victims of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting

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MEMORANDUM

TO: Tom Berger
Director of Real Estate Management and Development

FROM: Governor Rick Scott

DATE: February 14, 2018

RE: Flags at Half-Staff to Honor Victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting

In honor and remembrance of the victims of the senseless violence committed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on February 14, 2018, I hereby direct the flags of the United States and the State of Florida to be flown at half-staff at all local and state buildings, installations, and grounds throughout the State of Florida.  The flags shall be lowered immediately and remain at half-staff until sunset on Monday, February 19, 2018.

MEMORANDUM: Flags at Half-Staff in Honor of former State Senator Robert Gregory "Greg" Evers

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TO: Tom Berger
Director of Real Estate Management and Development
Tony Gomillion, County Administrator
Santa Rosa County
Wesley Meiss, Mayor
City of Milton
FROM: Governor Rick Scott
DATE: August 28, 2017
RE: Flags at Half-Staff in Honor of former State Senator Robert Gregory “Greg” Evers
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On Tuesday, August 22, 2017, former State Senator Robert Gregory “Greg” Evers passed away. Evers represented District 2 in the Florida Senate from 2010 to 2016. He also represented District 1, parts of Escambia, Okaloosa, and Santa Rosa Counties, in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2010. During his 15 years representing North Florida, he advocated for criminal justice reform and higher pay for state employees.
As a symbol of respect for the memory of former Senator Evers, and his service to Florida, I hereby direct the flags of the United States and the State of Florida to be flown at half-staff at the County Courthouse of Santa Rosa, Florida, the City Hall of Milton, Florida, and at the State Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida, from sunrise to sunset on Tuesday, August 29, 2017.
Please see the below statement Governor Rick Scott issued August 22, 2017, on the passing of Senator Greg Evers:
Governor Scott said, “My wife Ann and I are heartbroken after learning of the passing of Senator Greg Evers. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Lori, and their entire family during this terribly difficult time. A dedicated public servant, Senator Evers truly loved Florida and devoted his life to serving his community – not only on his family farm, but during 15 years representing the people of North Florida in the state House and Senate. He will be remembered and missed by all who knew him as the kind, hardworking farmer from Milton who tirelessly fought for Florida families.”

Memorandum: Flags at Half-Staff in memory of the Honorable John Glenn

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TO: Tom Berger
Director of Real Estate Development and Management
FROM: Governor Rick Scott
DATE: April 5, 2017
RE: Flags at Half-Staff in memory of the Honorable John Glenn
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As a mark of respect for the life of former Astronaut and United States Senator, John Glenn, I hereby direct the flags of the United States of America and the State of Florida to be flown at half-staff at all local and state buildings, installations, and grounds throughout the State of Florida. The National and State flags shall be lowered immediately and remain at half-staff until sunset on Thursday, April 6, 2017.

Memorandum: Update Regarding Lake Okeechobee Discharges

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TO: All Senators
FROM: Joe Negron, President
On Monday and Tuesday of this week, I had the opportunity to meet in Washington with Senator Rubio, Senator Nelson, Members of Congress, senior budget staff, and high-level representatives of the Army Corps of Engineers to discuss the best way to reduce and ultimately eliminate the devastating discharges from Lake Okeechobee.  After completing these meetings and reviewing related documents, here are five things I know:
1.  If Florida advances funds to complete the rehabilitation of the Herbert Hoover Dike around Lake Okeechobee, the federal government will not repay the money to Florida.  We will have simply spent hundreds of millions of dollars of General Revenue funds on what is unquestionably a federal responsibility.
2. As I have consistently advocated from day one, Florida’s best scientists should determine the Lake Okeechobee Release Schedule (LORS) and not the Army Corps of Engineers.  Achieving this goal would take an act of Congress, a highly unlikely outcome.
3.  Once the Herbert Hoover Dike rehabilitation is complete in 2024, the Army Corps of Engineers is not committed to storing one more gallon of water in Lake Okeechobee.  The LORS must go through a multi-year review process, with the Corps predicting only negligible modifications to the release schedule.  The Corps wants to avoid expected negative impacts it believes would result if the Lake is managed at higher levels than the present.
4.  Under both the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) and the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP), redirecting damaging Lake Okeechobee discharges southward to improve the flow, timing, and distribution of water through the Everglades has already been authorized.  The issue is not if we will have additional southern storage, it is when and where.
5.  If the Florida Legislature approves and funds additional water storage south of Lake Okeechobee, the Army Corps of Engineers will reevaluate the order of priority in the 2016 Integrated Delivery Schedule (IDS).  Florida is a partner in Everglades restoration and its decisions influence and impact federal participation in the 50-50 matching program.  An example of this reality is the Corps’ recent initiation of the Lake Okeechobee Watershed one year earlier than planned after adverse discharge events.
I look forward to discussing this important issue further when we reconvene in Tallahassee next week.