Crowley Political Report

Attorney General Bill McCollum brought his campaign for governor to Delray Beach yesterday where he spoke to tea party activists.

During the question and answer session, McCollum was asked if he supported the Gov. Charlie Crist engineered plan to restore the Everglades by buying 72,800 acres from U.S. Sugar for $536 million.

Here's how the Sun-Sentinel reported McCollum's answer:

He said there wasn’t a way to “pay the kind of money that’s out there on the table,” said he wouldn’t favor any water management district tax increases to pay for the land buys, and pledged to work on restoring the Everglades. But he didn’t specifically say what he thought of the deal.