ISSUE 1087
BRONSON
TELLS
GOV.
BUSH
HE
WILL
SEEK
FUNDING
FOR
HURRICANE
AID
In
a
letter
sent
to
Governor
Bush
Thursday
(October
27),
Florida
Agriculture
Commissioner
Charles
Bronson
said
he
had
“never
witnessed
such
extensive
devastation
to
our
state's
agriculture
sectors
as
that
caused
by
Hurricane
Wilma,”
and
called
on
the
governor
to
support
the
industry’s
efforts
to
obtain
state
and
federal
funding.
Bronson
said
he
plans
to
assemble
principals
in
the
state’s
various
agricultural
sectors
in
order
to
thoroughly
assess
the
current
damage
and
recommend
a
state
and
federal
disaster
relief
package.
FFVA’s
Mike
Stuart
will
attend
the
meeting,
November
3,
in
Clewiston.
Sugarcane,
vegetable
crops
and
citrus
all
suffered
extensive
damage
when
Wilma
passed
through
South
and
Southwest
Florida.
The
commissioner
toured
affected
regions
Wednesday
(October
26)
by
truck
and
helicopter.
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