Pam Iorio Caves

Pam Iorio has finally signed the Climate Protection Agreement. Iorio has blown off the Sierra Club and questions from the media about whether she would sign the CPA. Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels issued his challenge to other mayors on February 16, 2005. Over 300 mayors have signed the agreement by the time Pam "the Decider" Iorio got her pen out.

Iorio issued an extremely defensive press release.

City government is already working on many of the proposed actions in the agreement in order to protect our local environment for future generations. Tampa is developing a residential city center in downtown and Channelside to help reduce sprawl and create an urban, walkable community; preserve open space and green space throughout our neighborhoods through parks and pocket parks; providing city employees with a discounted bus pass as part of their benefits package; working to develop Tampa’s Greenways & Trails to connect our neighborhoods through bicycle trails; developing The Tampa Riverwalk to connect all of downtown’s amenities; working on green building and sustainability policies and codes through a committee that includes the local business community; promoting mass transit and improved commuter initiatives such as a meaningful circulator system; increased recycling efforts; and promoting tree planting through our annual 1,000 Trees program and beautification efforts.

What a horrible press release. I haven't seen run-on sentences like that since reading William Faulkner. The author of that jumbled mess is no Faulkner.