(From News Service Florida, Sept 30) South Florida taxpayers already on the hook for millions in Everglades restoration may end up paying for some work that is not being done. That’s because a contractor whose project was cancelled to make way for the purchase of 73,000 acres from U.S. Sugar Corp. is crying foul. Worse for regional water managers, Kansas-based Black & Veatch is filing suit in West Palm Beach asking for at least $2.4 million for revenue not received when the retention pond project the company was working on got cancelled to pay for the $536 million U.S. Sugar deal. South Florida Water Management officials have been pretty tight-lipped about the suit, but said Wednesday the complaint didn’t hold water. “The South Florida Water Management District has met and exceeded all its financial obligations to Black & Veatch under the mutual contract both parties agreed upon,” district spokesman Gabe Margasak said.