Friendless

In an interesting legal development from my temporary home, Friends of the Everglades, a local environmental group with a self-evident mission, will be shutting its office.  As the story notes, it can't help that the group's litigation has been protracted and only moderately successful, although the paper does not discuss Judge Carnes's recent opinion in Friends of the Everglades vs. South Florida Water Management District, where the Eleventh Circuit became the first federal court of appeals to uphold the controversial "unitary waters" doctrine.  Nor does it say whether the group has the resources to seek further review of that decision.

The group claims it will keep on trying to do good for the Everglades, but that it just couldn't afford to spend so much money on an office.  And the office that the group can no longer afford?  It cost $750 a month.  I'm not sure it's that necessary for a small organization like this to have a physical presence, but it's a little surprising to me that their situation is so desperate that that sum makes a big difference.  And it's very surprising to me that office space can be had so cheaply!