The 1/2-cent sales tax for Indian River Lagoon cleanup cruised to an easy victory Tuesday night in Florida. The measure passed 190,404 to 115,010, or by 62.3 percent. The tax is to pay for a $302 million, 10-year plan to clean up the lagoon. The cleanup plan focuses mainly on removing nitrogen and phosphorus from the lagoon. The lagoon has been plagued in the past five years with severe algae blooms and dieoffs of seagrass and marine life.
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Indian River Lagoon plan easily wins in a landslide