DeSantis ignores law requiring new rules to protect Florida springs • Florida Phoenix

John Moran : DeSantis has been “breaking the law! breaking the law” ever since he took office.

He says he's the biggest scofflaw Florida ’s seen since notorious Western gunslinger John Wesley Hardin was captured in Pensacola because his gun got tangled in his suspenders.

Moran : The law designated 30 of the state's waterways as “ Outstanding Florida Springs ” that they deserve extra protection.

Ruben Navarrette : DeSantis promised to usher in a new era of stewardship for Florida ’s natural resources.

He says he's as much of a criminal as Fiona Apple when it comes to clean water, he says.

He writes that Florida 's springs are showing decreased flow, with all that that implies that algae blooms keep coming back.

He asks: For decades we’ve been pretending that our aquifer possesses unlimited supply of fresh water, but it does not.

Seven Springs and Nestlé won't pay the state a dime for sucking up all that water and selling it.

It’s been eight years since the Legislature told the DEP to fix this, and the agency has refused to do it.

DeSantis fought the law and the law won, but the law has been trampled underfoot.