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All may not be of the same political party as our Governor but this movement to stop the chemical manufacturing industrial complex in a residential area must be nonpartisan. 

In January of this year, the governor signed an Executive Order (Executive Order 23-6), outlining steps to  partner with local governments to improve local government long-term comprehensive planning that ensures sustainable growth while protecting our natural resources.

Osceola County is not following this order. Osceola County courted a French company to build a hazardous complex of multiple factories  among nearly 14,000 homes and 8,000 school age children. The county now states the Mac Overstreet Regional park is now an "Employment Center" not requiring any rezoning due to future land use area.

The factory representatives claim they will only use run off water for their electrolysis process to extract hydrogen from water. The run off is what fills our precious Lake Toho and our Florida aquifer. Lake Toho is the headwaters to the Florida Everglades. This executive Order attempts to sustain and reclaim the Everglades to a near original state.

This local decision harms our local community AND all of South Florida.

Salt water can be processed to a usable form for hydrogen production, but the process much more expensive. Why not use salt water, which comprises 71% of the entire earth! Our county officials are allowing a French subsidiary to take our ground water, Lake Toho water, and water from the Florida Aquifer. Free is not free, it comes at the cost of long-term effects on the quality and quantity of fresh water.