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Editorial: Guest Editorial: A Native`s Case for Florida Hometown Democracy October 3rd, 2009
Editorial: Budget of Sugarcreek Goes Modern October 1st, 2009
Editorial: Is Nothing Sacred? September 17th, 2009
Editorial: Great Expectations September 2nd, 2009
Editorial: Helping the Levy County Budget August 6th, 2009
Editorial: WUFT-FM to Delete Music for Cedar Key July 28th, 2009
Editorial: Governor Crist Balks on Appointment July 9th, 2009
Editorial: Affordable Housing in Cedar Key July 6th, 2009
Editorial: The Greening of Cedar Key June 25th, 2009
Editorial: Unanimous Consent to Suspend the Rules June 12th, 2009
Editorial: Cutting the Cost of Garbage Collection May 27th, 2009
Editorial: America Must Support Chinese Democracy Seekers March 23rd, 2009
Editorial: Membership Appeal February 20th, 2009
Editorial: Cutting Health Care Costs January 10th, 2009
Editorial: 2008 and Some Fearless Predictions December 30th, 2008
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Editorial: Earth Day 2010 | Editorial: Earth Day 2010Editorial Earth Day 2010 Earth Day, April 22, marks the fortieth year that people have set aside a day to recognize the need for stewardship of the communal home that we share on Earth. That stewardship was recognized by a very early tourist that arrived in Cedar Key in 1867, namely John Muir. Muir later founded the Sierra Club and persuaded Presidents to protect the natural resources and beauty of our country. The conservation movement, begun by Muir and other far-sighted souls, has expanded far beyond preservation of wild lands. We now see the need to protect our rivers and beaches from pollution. Game laws, fishing limits and endangered species legislation are now recognized as necessary to counteract selfish and thoughtless assaults on nature. Recall the whaling industry`s excesses or the pollution of an Ohio river to the point it caught fire. Both cases relate to human demand for energy, in the form of whole oil and kerosene. The conservation movement has grown to include efforts to dampen if not stop the population explosion and establish a sustainable life style. Populations have stabilized in most "developed" nations, a sign of progress. Mountains of trash in the form of sanitary land-fills demonstrate that a sustainable life style is an ideal not yet attained. The Cedar Key Commission has taken a step toward a sustainable life style, and our reputation as a green city, by voting to try once-a-week garbage collection. Once-a-week collection encourages recycling of waste. Furthermore, once-a-week collection reduces the volume of waste taken to the dump and cuts fuel consumption by lumbering garbage trucks. On April 22, Earth Day, we need to give thanks to John Muir for National Parks and wildlife refuges. We need to thank the founders of Earth Day for the expansion of the conservation ethic to the many ways to keep the Earth inhabitable. |
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