1000 CALL 
CHALLENGE
Last week, Senator Bob Graham challenged us to call our state legislators and tell them that Amendment 1 should be used the way voters mandated. Each legislator needs to receive at least 1000 calls about this issue.

Please join us in this effort and urge your friends, family, and colleagues to do the same.
BACKGROUND
At the 2015 Conservation Stewards Awards, Senator Bob Graham painted a grim picture of how the state was planning to use Amendment 1. The word
"Acquisition or acquire" appears 8 times in the ballot language for the Florida Water & Land Legacy Amendment. Currently, our legislators want to put  zero dollars of the allocated funds from Amendment 1 toward the acquisition of new conservation lands. You read that correctly:  ZERO dollars .

That night, Sen. Graham challenged us to call our state legislators during the next 2 weeks to tell them we want Amendment 1 funds spent the way the voters mandated - for Florida Forever, new acquisitions, and Everglades restoration! Each one of these legislators should receive at least a 1000 calls on this issue. Graham finished off this challenge by stating that 'if each of you here tonight do so, we'll be half way there.' He went on to urge everyone to tell their friends, family, and colleagues to do the same. 

THERE IS NO MORE IMPORTANT ISSUE IN THE STATE RIGHT NOW
How this funding is allocated will dramatically impact Florida' s future. With land prices going up, acquisition dollars are far more valuable today then they will be in 2, 3, 4, 5 years from now - buy low and save more forever.

You have the challenge. Help restore Florida Forever's funding: 
$300M+ per year for the next 20 years!

REPRESENTATIVES of NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA

SENATORS
  1. Rob Bradley - 7th District - (904) 278-2085
  2. Charles "Charlie" S. Dean, Sr. - 5th District - (352) 860-5175
  3. Alan Hays - 11th District - (352) 742-6441
  4. Dorothy L. Hulkill - 8th District - (386) 304-7630
  5. Wilton Simpson - 18th District - (727) 816-1120
  6. Senator Alan Hays (Chairman, Senate Appropriations) - (850) 487-5011
     
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REPRESENTATIVES
  1. Dennis K. Baxley - 23rd District - (352) 732-1313, Capitol No. (850) 717-5023
  2. W. Travis Cummings -18th District - (904) 278-5761, Capitol No. (850) 717-5018 
  3. H. Marlene O'Toole - 33rd District - (352) 315-4445, Capitol No. (850) 717-5033
  4. W. Keith Perry -21st District - (352) 264-4040, Capitol No. (850) 717-5021
  5. Elizabeth W. Porter - 10th District - (386) 719-4600, Capitol No. (850) 717-5010
  6. Charlie Stone - 22nd District - (352) 291-4436, Capitol No. (850) 717-5022 
  7. Charles E. Van Zant - 19th District - (386) 312-2272, Capitol No. (850) 717-5019
  8. Clovis Watson, Jr. - 20th District - (352) 264-4001, Capitol No. (850) 717-5020
  9. Steve Crisafulli - Speaker of the House - (850) 717-5051 
     
For more on Florida's Representatives visit: CLICK HERE
For More Information
Please contact Alachua Conservation Trust by phone: (352) 373-1078 or email:  [email protected]