FLORIDA (SNN TV) – Congressman and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist notches a key endorsement this week from a group which supported Governor Ron DeSantis in 2018.
Crist’s campaign announced an endorsement from the environmental group VoteWater.
VoteWater is a non-partisan environmental group that endorsed candidates in both parties in the state. They gave their two biggest endorsements for governor and U.S. senator to Democrats Charlie Crist and Val Demings, respectively. VoteWater says Crist signed their “No Big Sugar Money” pledge.
“There seems to be this idea that once we’ve completed the EAA Reservoir and other projects in the pipeline, the problem of Lake O discharges will be solved,” said Liz Smart, VoteWater Executive Director, “but that’s not true. We need more land for water storage and treatment, and Charlie Crist is the only candidate talking about that.”
The group supported DeSantis in his primary for governor in 2018 over Adam Putnam. During the general election, it called him a clean water candidate. Now, VoteWater points to DeSantis‘ “Friends of Ron DeSantis” group receiving $2 million from Florida’s sugar industry.