The June 11 Gainesville Sun editorial titled "Sweet taxes" is inaccurate.

The 1994 Everglades Forever Act established the funding strategy to pay for cleanup of the Everglades. The original law established specific taxes on farmers in the region and allowed the South Florida Water Management District to establish a property tax of one-tenth of a mil on all landowners in the Okeechobee Basin. To date, more than $600 million has been invested in the cleanup.

Amendments passed by overwhelming bipartisan majorities in the Legislature did not affect property taxes but did increase the tax on farmers 11 cents per acre, from $24.89 to $25, and extended it for three years, from 2013 to 2016. The law was expanded - not extended - to allow the South Florida Water Management District to use the estimated $650 million in future revenue for advanced technologies to ensure cleanup of the remaining 10 percent of the Everglades.

Meanwhile, the real news about Everglades restoration has gone virtually unreported this week. Gov. Jeb Bush signed legislation that provides $800 million in bonding authority to keep Everglades restoration on schedule and on budget. Including $225 million in cash appropriated this year, Florida's total financial commitment to restore water flow in the River of Grass now tops one-and-a-half billion dollars!