“I don’t think water is so damn special.”
—Dave “Lefty” Lefkowith, speaking at a “Liquid Assets” seminar in Florida in 1996 at which he advocated the privatization of public water supplies in Florida.
“I have no idea who made him a panelist.”
—David Struhs, secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and a close friend of Lefkowith, responding to inquiries about Lefkowith’s participation in the seminar. (Struhs said Lefkowith had traveled from California to Florida to celebrate Struhs’ birthday.)
If “Lefty” doesn’t think pure water is important, I’ll be more than happy to urinate in his beer stein so that he can discern the difference.