Water

Water

Support measures to reduce pollution in order to protect surface water, groundwater, and drinking water, and set up a process to evaluate inter-basin water transfers.

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Event Date: 
09/16/2023 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Event location: 

Headquarters Library

LWV of Alachua County is honoring National Voter Registration Day (September 19th) on September 16th with a table at the Headquarters Library in Downtown Gainesville.

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News

Working on Climate Change as a Member of the League of Women Voters of Orange Coast!

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Action Alerts

Rep. Chuck Clemons has announced the opening of the application/nomination process for the governor’s selection of the five GRU Authority Directors. The announcement is below. We are encouraging anyone who is qualified to apply.

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Event Date: 
06/17/2023 - 5:00pm to 9:00pm
Event location: 

Bo Diddley Plaza

LWV of Alachua County is joining LWVFL in supporting the Florida Right to Clean Water (RTCW) and the Amendme

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Blog Post

Dear Members,
Our league is concluding our fiscal and administrative year this month with two asks of our members...

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News

This is an excerpt from Gainesville Commissioner Bryan Eastman's May 14, 2023, Substack article, Preview: Gainesville i

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Event Date: 
06/02/2023 - 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Event location: 

Camp Cuscowilla

LWV of Alachua County is joining LWVFL in supporting the Florida Right to Clean Water campaign (RTCW), which is a constitutional amendment to clarify our priorities and a civil action to enforce our right to clean and healthy waters.

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Event Date: 
05/13/2023 - 9:00am to 3:00pm
Event location: 

Grow Hub

LWV of Alachua County is joining LWVFL in supporting the Florida Right to Clean Water campaign (RTCW), which is a constitutional amendment to clarify our priorities and a civil action to enforce our right to clean and healthy waters.

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News

In this April 30th article, Gainesville Commissioner Bryan Eastman calls out the lies, misdirection, and falsehoods of the GRU Takeover Bill and provides sources for his information.

He covers the following often-cited falsehoods:

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News
by Janice Garry, LWV of Alachua County President

published 4/24/23

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