My babies are getting increasingly sick from the red tide in the air. We are in desperate need of national and statewide help. Delayed funding from Florida Department of Environmental Protection is not enough, we need boots on the ground and boats in the water to help us clean up the bay. Please help me get national attention and help for our current climate emergency. The companies dumping in the bay need to be publicly shamed and taken to court on behalf of the city/state. 

"200 employees are working 12-hour days, 7 days a week, to remove the dead fish. The city of St. Petersburg has spent $350,000 on overtime and $700,000 for the overall effort. That's $61,000 per day."

This is not a normal amount of red tide. This is the direct cause of pollution. Yesterday we all saw a mommy manatee trying to navigate past the algae bloom. I'm heartbroken over the current condition in the bay residents will continue to become more and more I'll as we wait to clean this up with minimal city staff. This is a national emergency and we need assistance not only from Tallahassee, we need direct help from the white house. Please President Biden, the people from Pinellas county need to know you care about what we're going through!

-- Marcile Powers