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8/x24/2016 <br />e <br />`4 Main menu <br />August 19, 2016 <br />What is really going on at Spoonbill Marsh? o InsideV6ro <br />What is really going on at Spoonbill Marsh? 3 <br />by Mark Schumann • Indian River County, Indian River Lagoon <br />MARK SCHUMANN <br />County Commissioner Bob Solari, who is running for re-election, has <br />made the effectiveness of Spoonbill Marsh an issue in his campaign, <br />bragging in campaign mailers to be the driving force behind the <br />wastewater treatment facility. <br />Earlier this week, Inside Vero submitted a public records request to the County Attorney's Office seeking copies of written correspondence and calendar . <br />evidence of meetings between County Commissioners and County Staff and representatives of the Indian River Land Trust regarding the possible flow of <br />brine -contaminated water from the County's Spoonbill Marsh wastewater treatment facility onto adjacent Land Trust property. No one at the County <br />Attorney's office is available to address our public records request until after Aug. 24. <br />Land Trust Executive Director Ken Gruden did not return our call, and no one at the Land Trust appears willing at this point to speak on the record. One <br />Land Trust staff member did ask us to "please" follow up with him after receiving the County's response to our public records request. <br />Yesterday, Barry Shapiro, a concerned citizen, distributed the following email raising his concerns about a possible cover up of issues at Spoonbill Marsh. <br />From: Barry Shapiro <br />Date: Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:14 AM <br />Subject: Important information for anyone who cares about our environment. <br />About a week ago I was asked to attend a meeting here in Vero Beach and at that time asked not to tell anyone about the meeting or it's attendees. Given we <br />are in the middle of a heated political campaign here in Indian River County, I expected this to have something to do with a candidate I am supporting. At <br />this time 1 cannot tell you who was in this meeting however I can tell you'that as the information was presented to the group I went into a state of shock. Our <br />most important economic and ecological asset, the Indian River Lagoon, is being destroyed by pollution, a fact that anyone who lives in our area surely is <br />aware of What is generally not known is that one of the prime polluters of the Lagoon is our own county government. <br />https:/lnsidevero.com/2016/08/19/what-is-really-going-on-at-spoonbill-marsh/#print 2,9/, 3� 1/12 <br />