Maybe you missed Amendment 1 in Florida

[Sancho]

Pro-environment Amendment 1 a big hit with voters, but no one knows what Legislature will do

http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/pro-environment-amendment-1-a-big-hit-with-voters-but-no-one-knows-what/2205326

"The biggest winner on the ballot Tuesday wasn't one of the candidates. It was Amendment 1, the proposal to set aside some $10 billion in tax money over the next 20 years, to be used for purchasing environmentally sensitive land and protecting wildlife and water resources.

The measure passed with the support of 75 percent of voters, and in effect creates the largest state-based conservation initiative in U.S. history. Backers say the money could be spent to protect the state's ailing springs, to restore the Everglades or to preserve land that's important for a variety of species.

So far, though, state Department of Environmental Protection officials have no idea what they're going to do with all that money when the measure takes effect in July.

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Scott's administration then spent the past three years dismantling the DEP division in charge of assessing and acquiring environmental land, according to former DEP employees. Their funding was cut, their staffing numbers were trimmed, and their focus was shifted away from buying property to trying to get rid of it, they said."