Florida environmental commission hasn’t met in 7 years. The state spends billions on cleanup | Scott Maxwell

Gov. Ron DeSantis recently announced he wants to spend another $1.5 billion cleaning up the Everglades and on other water-quality issues.

By most counts, the money is needed. Here’s the problem: Florida keeps spending billions to clean up environmental messes, but does little to prevent the messes from happening in the first place.

Want proof? Well, consider that Florida has an “Environmental Regulation Commission” meant to help safeguard this state’s natural resources. That commission...