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Month: May 2022

Radio ads to growers: It’s not ‘skin in the game.’ You’re being skinned alive

Radio ads across Florida’s citrus-growing regions are telling growers that they’re not putting their “skin in the game” by extending the mechanism to tax them to fund CRDF. CRDF has nothing to show for the $180,000,000 it has spent so far against HLB/citrus greening GrowersContinue ReadingRadio ads to growers: It’s not ‘skin in the game.’ You’re being skinned alive

RealClearFlorida, the top aggregator of Florida policy news, picks up our story

SaveCitrus’s opposition to extending the mandate that would fund the Citrus Research and Development Foundation has been picked up by the nation’s top aggregator of policy news in Florida. RealClearFlorida, a division of RealClearPolitics in Washington, DC, ran the Center Square story May 26 aboutContinue ReadingRealClearFlorida, the top aggregator of Florida policy news, picks up our story

Dantzler shifts blame for failure: CRDF ‘is controlled by Florida citrus growers’

Faced with a staggering record of failures driven by his Research-Industrial Complex policy, CRDF COO Rick Dantzler shifts blame to the growers. “CRDF is an organization created to serve Florida citrus growers and that is controlled by Florida citrus growers, it will recommend what itContinue ReadingDantzler shifts blame for failure: CRDF ‘is controlled by Florida citrus growers’

CRDF’s COO admits that Florida citrus growers are ‘frustrated’ with work on his watch

CRDF’s chief operating officer Rick Dantzler admits that Florida citrus growers “are frustrated with CRDF” but urges them to vote to continue the mechanism to assess taxes on them to fund his organization just the same. “When deciding how you vote on whether to continueContinue ReadingCRDF’s COO admits that Florida citrus growers are ‘frustrated’ with work on his watch

Dantzler urges growers to vote to save mechanism for assessing ‘box tax’

In what he called an “important clarification” to a SaveCitrus statement, CRDF’s Rick Dantzler urged growers to save the mechanism that assesses the ‘box tax’ which funds Dantzler’s operation. Dantzler’s statement appeared in Citrus Industry on May 25, two days after SaveCitrus announced an effortContinue ReadingDantzler urges growers to vote to save mechanism for assessing ‘box tax’

Citrus coalition urges growers to vote against ‘box tax’

Growers are demanding accountability for $180 million spent on research that hasn’t found a solution to citrus greening, Center Square Florida reports. “Florida citrus growers are pushing back against a tax they’ve been paying to fund research they argue hasn’t, and doesn’t, benefit them. OverContinue ReadingCitrus coalition urges growers to vote against ‘box tax’

Citrus coalition targets state-sponsored research cartel; demands answers for $180 million and pledges ‘no more’

St. Petersburg, FL –Save Citrus, a new coalition of citrus growers and industry partners, launched the first in a series of educational radio ads aimed at fellow growers. This ad focuses on a state-sponsored referendum on whether to continue the mechanism to tax growers toContinue ReadingCitrus coalition targets state-sponsored research cartel; demands answers for $180 million and pledges ‘no more’

SaveCitrus urges growers to vote against Florida Citrus Research Order

SaveCitrus has sent personal letters to Florida growers urging them to vote in a referendum against continuing the Florida Citrus Research Order. Coalition leader Jesse Rojas signed the letters, telling growers: Is your citrus business better off now than it was in 2009? Recently youContinue ReadingSaveCitrus urges growers to vote against Florida Citrus Research Order

Growers voice concern that CRDF does not ‘allow growers to make decisions’

Growers voiced concern at the April 26 CRDF board meeting that the foundation under Rick Dantzler has not allowed citrus growers to make decisions to save their dying industry. “Pam Fentress of Lost Lake Groves said growers are anxious to learn of the Board’s plansContinue ReadingGrowers voice concern that CRDF does not ‘allow growers to make decisions’