(...) David Struhs, Florida's top environmental regulator, is going to International Paper Co. to become vice president for environmental affairs. (...) That's the same David Struhs who helped International Paper get into partnership with the Escambia County Utilities Commission so the company could benefit from a $56 million government loan to help clean the water International Paper was dumping into Eleven Mile Creek, which flows into Perdido Bay in the Florida Panhandle. (...) Struhs had plenty of detractors in the environmental community. A large group of them called for his resignation last year, saying he was too friendly to the interests he regulated. (...) For critics who believe that the administration's regulators are too cozy with the industries they regulate, Struhs' exit through the paper industry's revolving door does nothing to dispel that belief. One of those people is Jackie Lane, who lives on Perdido Bay and joined the challenge against International Paper. "People have to realize the industry and the regulators are very close," Lane said. "It's not surprising that Mr. Struhs is going to work for them. He's their biggest fan."
Someone is getting good money to regulate an industry - and shortly after, joins them? Does that smell fishy... or like a paper mill?
